2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You
Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in the United States with 10,486 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for liberal arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Charter Oak State College the best value school in the New England Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of New Britain, Charter Oak State College is a public school with a small student population.
Charter Oak State College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,654 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from Charter Oak State College carry an average student debtload of $25,077.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern New Hampshire University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SNHU are $15,380 a year. Liberal Arts majors at SNHU take out an average of $30,349 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMA is a small public school located in the distant town of Augusta.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMA are $19,238 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from UMA carry an average student debtload of $30,650.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Framingham State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Framingham State is a small public school located in the city of Framingham.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Framingham State are $17,460 a year. On average, liberal arts graduates from Framingham State take out $24,879 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Merrimack, Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts are $25,200 per year.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MIT are $55,878 per year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $663, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for liberal arts in the New England Region .
Westfield State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts general studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Westfield is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Westfield.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Westfield are $17,219 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from Westfield carry an average student debtload of $23,361. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $224, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
Goddard College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Plainfield, Goddard College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Goddard College undergraduate students pay an average of $19,147 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from Goddard College carry an average student debtload of $30,634.
With a ranking of #9, Bentley University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Bentley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
Bentley undergraduate students pay an average of $54,910 in tuition and fees each year.
Bentley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Husson University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bangor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Husson are $19,790 a year.
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Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 3,382 |
Connecticut | 2,207 |
New Hampshire | 2,654 |
Maine | 630 |
Rhode Island | 1,275 |
Vermont | 305 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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