2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 New Jersey, there were 10,421 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,230 and $15,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 / sciences and humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - Camden

Camden, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$31,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Camden. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. Rutgers University - Camden is located in Camden, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

Rutgers Camden also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers Camden are $31,338.

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#2

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, New Jersey

$20,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Wayne, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

William Paterson University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at William Paterson University of New Jersey are $20,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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