2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students, making the major the most popular in the country.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the liberal arts master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Liberal Arts General Studies
Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Metro State graduate students pay an average of $10,237 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Metropolitan State University Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fort Hays State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FHSU are $11,376 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wichita.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $15,323 a year.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Wichita State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMKC are $27,803 per year.
Full Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 8,280 |
| Minnesota | 6,264 |
| Kansas | 6,339 |
| Iowa | 5,966 |
| Nebraska | 1,612 |
| North Dakota | 953 |
| South Dakota | 222 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 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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