2024 Best Humanities Schools in Connecticut

Humanities is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #37 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for humanities students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 28 degrees in humanities to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Humanities Schools List

Pick Your Humanities Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Humanities Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

 

Best Schools for Humanities in Connecticut

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the humanities degree levels they offer.

Top Connecticut Schools in Humanities

1

Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

50.0% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Wesleyan University if you wish to pursue a degree in humanities. Located in the small city of Middletown, Wesleyan U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in humanities from Wesleyan University

2

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat University of Bridgeport if you wish to pursue a degree in humanities. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bridgeport.More information about a degree in humanities from University of Bridgeport

Best Humanities Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Humanities Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	39
Rhode Island	436	8
Maine	396	9
New Hampshire	395	6
Vermont	352	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Humanities

Humanities is one of 3 different types of Liberal Arts General Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Humanities

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	1,123
Liberal Arts	1,077
Individualized Studies	2

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.