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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$6,981 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts general studies was ranked 3rd in Utah. In fact, 9,518 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Utah to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Utah Valley University the best value school in Utah for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,010 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Liberal Arts majors at UVU take out an average of $27,939 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UVU is ranked #4 for overall quality for liberal arts in Utah.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Weber State University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $6,228 per year. Liberal Arts majors at WSU take out an average of $23,315 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Brigham Young University - Provo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in Utah. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year. The average amount in student loans that liberal arts majors at BYU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $9,246.

BYU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $8,960 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts majors at USU accumulate an average of around $23,870 in student debt.

USU also made our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #5.

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#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern Utah University are $6,726 a year. On average, liberal arts graduates from Southern Utah University take out $20,711 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 6,414
Idaho 2,876
Montana 821
Wyoming 341

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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