2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 10,007 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,115 and $16,130 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also cost less that 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 general studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The liberal arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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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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