2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 861 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.
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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named La Salle University the best value school in Pennsylvania for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at La Salle are $1,455 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cabrini University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Cabrini University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Radnor.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cabrini University are $2,318 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at York College of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Pennsylvania. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at YCP are $11,646 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, YCP also is in the top 20% of our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilson College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Chambersburg, Wilson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Wilson graduate students pay an average of $9,990 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the fringe town of New Wilmington, Westminster New Wilmington is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster New Wilmington are $13,170 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Westminster New Wilmington also did well on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Millersville is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Millersville.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Millersville are $11,934 per year.
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Holy Family University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Holy Family graduate students pay an average of $12,181 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Messiah University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Messiah are $13,050 per year.
California University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal U are $12,919 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, Saint Joseph’s University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their master’s degree. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
St. Joe’s graduate students pay an average of $18,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
St. Joe’s also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Best Value General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 199 |
| Maryland | 1,145 |
| New Jersey | 366 |
| District of Columbia | 25 |
| Delaware | 84 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 45,458 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
| Special Education | 25,158 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 20 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).
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