2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 366,996 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across District of Columbia, there were 107 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,168 and $25,412 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in liberal arts.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia associate degree liberal studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in District of Columbia

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University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia list. University of the District of Columbia is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 56 associates’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full University of the District of Columbia Liberal Arts Report

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 1 associates’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at American 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.