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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

5 Ranked Colleges
352 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Connecticut

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 365,980 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.

Across Connecticut, there were 1,163 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 352 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Connecticut

#1

Charter Oak State College

New Britain, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Charter Oak State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 188 students in 2019-2020.

Charter Oak State College also made our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Charter Oak State College is $10,724 for connecticut bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Charter Oak State College

#2

Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Connecticut State University is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

ECSU also made our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend ECSU is $18,618 for connecticut bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

Full Eastern Connecticut State University Liberal Arts Report

#3

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SCSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend SCSU is $20,763 for connecticut bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

Read more about Liberal Arts at SCSU

#4

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport also took the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UBridgeport is $22,600 for connecticut bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

Read more about Liberal Arts at University of Bridgeport

#5

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut. This small school is located in Middletown, Connecticut, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Wesleyan U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wesleyan University is $26,527 for connecticut bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Wesleyan University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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