by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 163,228 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,841 and $16,920 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 568 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The liberal arts / sciences & 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 “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region liberal arts / sciences & humanities students.
Out of the 568 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Dade College landed the #1 spot on the list. MDC is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 9,606 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valencia College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school awarded 7,810 degrees to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
Full Valencia College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Broward College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region. Broward College is a public institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5,380 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palm Beach State College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region. Palm Beach State College is located in Lake Worth, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4,062 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
Full Palm Beach State College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hillsborough Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region. Hillsborough Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 3,242 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Florida State College at Jacksonville ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this large public school handed out 3,217 degrees to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
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St Petersburg College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. St Petersburg College is a large school located in Clearwater, Florida that handed out 3,158 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Georgia State University-Perimeter College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia State University-Perimeter College is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 2,419 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Tallahassee Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 2,197 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Tallahassee Community College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
Santa Fe College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 2,138 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Seminole State College of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Sanford, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 2,125 diplomas to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
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Florida SouthWestern State College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Florida SouthWestern State College is a fairly large school located in Fort Myers, Florida that handed out 1,856 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Indian River State College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. This fairly large school is located in Fort Pierce, Florida, and it awarded 1,841 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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American Public University System did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. American Public University System is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1,837 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full American Military University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
With a ranking of #15, Eastern Florida State College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. Cocoa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 1,829 students in 2020-2021.
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Daytona State College ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. Daytona State College is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,748 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Daytona State College
Wake Technical Community College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Wake Technical Community College is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,679 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
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Northern Virginia Community College ranked #18 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Annandale, Virginia, this large public school handed out 3,606 degrees to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
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Central Piedmont Community College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 1,486 degrees to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
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Austin Peay State University ranked #20 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. Austin Peay State University is located in Clarksville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,427 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
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State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Bradenton, Florida, and it awarded 1,398 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Full State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
Polk State College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Polk State is a public institution located in Winter Haven, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,333 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 1,289 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Virginia Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
With a ranking of #24, Pasco-Hernando State College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region list. PHSC is a medium-sized school located in New Port Richey, Florida that handed out 1,171 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Pensacola State College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this medium-sized public school awarded 1,085 degrees to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
Full Pensacola State College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
Not only did these schools make the top 51 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ’top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | Tidewater Community College | Norfolk, VA |
| 52 | Southwest Tennessee Community College | Memphis, TN |
| 54 | Chattanooga State Community College | Chattanooga, TN |
| 55 | Walters State Community College | Morristown, TN |
| 56 | Pearl River Community College | Poplarville, MS |
| 57 | Jones County Junior College | Ellisville, MS |
| 58 | Roane State Community College | Harriman, TN |
| 59 | Forsyth Technical Community College | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 60 | Pitt Community College | Winterville, NC |
| 61 | Northeast State Community College | Blountville, TN |
| 62 | Lord Fairfax Community College | Middletown, VA |
| 63 | Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury, NC |
| 64 | University of South Florida - Main Campus | Tampa, FL |
| 65 | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown, KY |
| 66 | Florida International University | Miami, FL |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 67 | Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway, SC |
| 67 | Coastal Alabama Community College | Bay Minette, AL |
| 69 | Oxford College of Emory University | Oxford, GA |
| 70 | Trident Technical College | Charleston, SC |
| 71 | Catawba Valley Community College | Hickory, NC |
| 72 | Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL |
| 73 | University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL |
| 74 | Midlands Technical College | West Columbia, SC |
| 75 | Coastal Carolina Community College | Jacksonville, NC |
| 75 | Jefferson State Community College | Birmingham, AL |
| 77 | Gulf Coast State College | Panama City, FL |
| 78 | Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro, KY |
| 79 | University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College | North Little Rock, AR |
| 80 | Durham Technical Community College | Durham, NC |
| 81 | Northeast Mississippi Community College | Booneville, MS |
| 82 | Tri-County Technical College | Pendleton, SC |
| 83 | Greenville Technical College | Greenville, SC |
| 84 | Gaston College | Dallas, NC |
| 85 | Arkansas State University - Beebe | Beebe, AR |
| 86 | Itawamba Community College | Fulton, MS |
| 86 | College of Coastal Georgia | Brunswick, GA |
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