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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
464 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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 Maryland, there were 9,621 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,691 and $13,992 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 464 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts general studies 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 general studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $19,177 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Johns Hopkins.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Johns Hopkins Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#2

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frostburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. Frostburg State is a small school located in Frostburg, Maryland that handed out 52 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Frostburg State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $20,872 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Frostburg State University.

Full Frostburg State Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#3

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. Salisbury is a public institution located in Salisbury, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Salisbury also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,193 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Salisbury University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Salisbury University Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#4

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Annapolis, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 124 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, St. John’s Annapolis has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $28,552 for maryland bachelor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend St John’s College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

#5

Washington College

Chestertown, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Chestertown, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

Washington College also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Washington College is $28,468 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Washington College

Notre Dame of Maryland University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Notre Dame of Maryland University is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 40 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NDMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for NDMU is $24,120 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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