2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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With 365,980 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 2,369 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree liberal studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Maryland

#1

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$19,316 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St John’s College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. Located in Annapolis, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

St. John’s Annapolis also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at St John’s College are $19,316, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at St John’s College

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425.

Full Johns Hopkins University Liberal Arts Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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