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 New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for humanities students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 303 degrees in humanities during the 2020-2021 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 New Jersey.
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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.
Thomas Edison State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in humanities. TESU is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Trenton. A Best Colleges rank of #394 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means TESU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 103 humanities students who graduated with this degree at TESU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Seton Hall University if you wish to pursue a degree in humanities. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 144 humanities students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent data year.
Montclair State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in humanities. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Montclair State is a great university overall.
There were about 41 humanities students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent year we have data available.
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in humanities. FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Teaneck. This university ranks 19th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 8 humanities students who graduated with this degree at FDU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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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.
