2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree School for You
Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in the United States with 43,359 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master'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.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Excelsior College to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Excelsior College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s College landed the # 2 spot on the list. St. John's Annapolis is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Annapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. John’s Annapolis are $19,316 a year.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Villanova also did well on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,628 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UD is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Drexel University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 a year.
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The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree liberal arts general studies programs. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, The Graduate Center is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Rutgers University - Camden did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts general studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rutgers Camden are $32,433 a year.
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Temple University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their master’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in tuition and fees each year.
UPenn also made our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #4.
Request InformationBest Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 3,589 |
| New York | 19,150 |
| Maryland | 9,515 |
| New Jersey | 9,619 |
| District of Columbia | 145 |
| Delaware | 649 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 16 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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