2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Alabama (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” 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 Alabama, there were 6,810 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,778 and $16,727 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts general studies. 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree liberal arts students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$17,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #1 spot on the list. AUM is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

AUM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University at Montgomery are $17,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama

$20,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized school located in Jacksonville, Alabama that handed out 7 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Jacksonville State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Jacksonville State University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (With Aid)

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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