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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$47,432 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,931 Avg Salary

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 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.

The Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England 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.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Wesleyan University the best value school in the New England Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Middletown, Wesleyan U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wesleyan U are $61,469 per year.

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#2

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dartmouth are $59,283 per year.

Dartmouth also took the #2 spot in our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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#3

Goddard College

Plainfield, VT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Plainfield, Goddard College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Goddard College are $21,543 per year.

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Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 3,382
Connecticut 2,207
New Hampshire 2,654
Maine 630
Rhode Island 1,275
Vermont 305

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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