2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Maryland, there were 9,621 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,691 and $13,992 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 95 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Maryland

#1

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$19,316 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. Located in Annapolis, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

St. John’s Annapolis also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. John’s Annapolis are $19,316, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at St. John’s Annapolis

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 35 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Johns Hopkins University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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