2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree School for You
With 556,813 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the #3 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 & Humanities 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 / sciences and humanities students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Excelsior College the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their master’s degree. Excelsior College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the 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 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.
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 large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
Villanova graduate students pay an average of $21,199 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Villanova also is in the top 5% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,628 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.
UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.
UD also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Drexel University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Drexel graduate students pay an average of $37,074 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Drexel University
The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 per year.
The Graduate Center excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Rutgers University - Camden landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Located in the small city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Rutgers Camden graduate students pay an average of $32,433 in tuition and fees each year.
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Temple University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $24,812 per year.
Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Temple University
University of Pennsylvania ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #4 for overall quality for liberal arts / sciences and humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region .
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 9,619 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,589 |
| New York | 19,150 |
| Maryland | 9,515 |
| Delaware | 649 |
| District of Columbia | 145 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Related Majors for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 556,813 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Visual & Performing Arts | 149,215 |
| English Language & Literature | 54,635 |
| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 33,333 |
| Theology & Religious Vocations | 27,459 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 19,993 |
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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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