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With 366,996 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.
Across North Carolina, there were 16,104 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 751 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina. North Carolina A & T State University is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 192 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont Abbey College landed the #2 spot on the list. BAC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belmont, North Carolina. It awarded 19 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Greensboro College landed the #3 spot on the list. Greensboro College is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Livingstone College landed the #4 spot on the list. Livingstone College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salisbury, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, William Peace University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
Fayetteville State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 45 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 139 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Liberal Arts Report
East Carolina University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. East Carolina University is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 205 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
University of North Carolina at Asheville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #9. UNCA is a public institution located in Asheville, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Barton College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. Barton College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilson, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, North Carolina Central University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, 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 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Liberal Arts Report
Western Carolina University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. Western Carolina University is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Appalachian State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 full report on Liberal Arts at Appalachian State University
North Carolina State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #15. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 13 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Elon University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. Elon University is located in Elon, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Johnson C Smith University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #17. JCSU is a small school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, North Carolina Wesleyan College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in North Carolina list. North Carolina Wesleyan College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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