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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$40,137 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,974 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities School for You

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the #27 most popular major in Connecticut with 34 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

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 & Humanities Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best value programs for liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts & Humanities

$18,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Connecticut to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a degree in Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

UCONN undergraduate students pay an average of $18,524 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, UCONN is ranked #5 for overall quality for liberal arts / sciences and humanities in Connecticut.

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#2

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT
$61,749 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the small city of Middletown, Wesleyan U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wesleyan U are $61,749 per year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Wesleyan University

Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 2,680

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

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