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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$43,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,278 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 69 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #106 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value programs for liberal arts 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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA
$59,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in Pennsylvania for liberal arts general studies students. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

Villanova undergraduate students pay an average of $59,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Villanova is ranked #5 for overall quality for liberal arts in Pennsylvania.

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$20,362 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in Pennsylvania. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt are $20,362 per year.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$17,378 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Temple University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Temple are $17,378 a year.

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#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Drexel University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Drexel undergraduate students pay an average of $57,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 5 spot on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 in in-state 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 #2 for overall quality for liberal arts in Pennsylvania.

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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 395
Maryland 98
New Jersey 12
District of Columbia 21
Delaware 1

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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