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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$45,684 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,416 Avg Salary

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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT
$61,749 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Wesleyan University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Middletown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wesleyan U are $61,749 a year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Wesleyan University Report

$41,192 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCONN undergraduate students pay an average of $41,192 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Connecticut

#3

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

The excellent programs at Dartmouth College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in the New England Region . Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dartmouth are $60,648 per year.

Dartmouth did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Dartmouth College

#4

Goddard College

Plainfield, VT
$19,147 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goddard College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the New England Region list. Goddard College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Plainfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Goddard College are $19,147 per year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Goddard College Report

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 10
Connecticut 34
Rhode Island 7
New Hampshire 26
Maine 16
Vermont 7

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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