2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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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 Connecticut, there were 2,557 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,485 and $14,586 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Connecticut

#1

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$59,106 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Middletown, Connecticut, and it awarded 20 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Wesleyan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan University are $59,106, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Wesleyan University

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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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