Ranked #37 in popularity, humanities is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for humanities students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in humanities during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of humanities school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Humanities School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Humanities Schools in West Virginia.
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The schools below may not offer all types of humanities degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in humanities needs to look into American Public University System. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Charles Town. A Best Colleges rank of #144 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 humanities students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Marshall University if you want to pursue a degree in humanities. Marshall University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Huntington. This university ranks 4th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were approximately 8 humanities students who graduated with this degree at Marshall University in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Blue Ridge Community and Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in humanities. Located in the rural area of Martinsburg, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 7th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 9 humanities students who graduated with this degree at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of humanities school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Humanities School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
