2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Georgia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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 Georgia, there were 10,303 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,181 and $19,201 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Georgia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Georgia

#1

Clayton State University

Morrow, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$13,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Clayton State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Morrow, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Clayton State University also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clayton State University are $13,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Clayton State 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.

Credits

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

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