2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

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With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 Virginia, there were 14,701 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$25,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Richmond landed the #1 spot on the list. URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

URichmond also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URichmond are $25,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

$33,288 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Old Dominion did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Old Dominion are $33,288.

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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.

Credits

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