2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies School for You
Liberal Arts General Studies is the #74 most popular major in the country with 2,680 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
The Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 100 schools in the United States to see which 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.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges.
Top 15% Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for liberal arts general studies students. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.
American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Metro State are $9,394 a year.
The excellent programs at Fort Hays State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in the United States. Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FHSU are $15,870 a year.
Out of the 100 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools list.
The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 per year.
Western Illinois University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year.
Texas A & M University - Central Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for liberal arts general studies students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Killeen, Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A & M University - Central Texas are $17,155 per year.
Regis University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts general studies programs. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Regis U are $39,610 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, Tiffin University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts general studies students. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Tiffin.
Tiffin University undergraduate students pay an average of $28,480 in tuition and fees each year.
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Adams State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts general studies programs. Adams State is a small public school located in the town of Alamosa.
Adams State undergraduate students pay an average of $17,933 in tuition and fees each year.
Wayland Baptist University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the town of Plainview, Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Wayland Baptist University undergraduate students pay an average of $22,004 in tuition and fees each year.
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Henderson State University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the distant town of Arkadelphia, Henderson State University is a public school with a small student population.
Henderson State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,768 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of St. Thomas landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the large city of Houston, UST is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UST are $31,560 a year.
DePaul University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in tuition and fees each year.
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Excelsior College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Albany, Excelsior College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great value schools for Liberal Arts General Studies graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 16 | Mount Saint Mary’s University | Los Angeles, CA |
| 17 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC |
| 18 | St John’s College | Annapolis, MD |
| 19 | North Central College | Naperville, IL |
| 20 | Villanova University | Villanova, PA |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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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