2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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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 the New England region, there were 4,699 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 59 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in the New England Region

#1

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$20,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Goddard College landed the #1 spot on the list. Goddard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Goddard College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Goddard College are $20,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Goddard College Liberal Arts Report

#2

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$59,106 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Middletown, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Wesleyan U also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan U are $59,106, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wesleyan U 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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