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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 Missouri, there were 6,896 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 521 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their liberal arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Missouri”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harris - Stowe State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. Harris - Stowe State University is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 21 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Jewell College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri. William Jewell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Liberty, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. Missouri Southern State University is a small public school situated in Joplin, Missouri. It awarded 90 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. UMKC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 135 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #5 spot on the list. Lincoln University is a small school located in Jefferson City, Missouri that handed out 11 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #6. University of Missouri - St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 102 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 105 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri ranking. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized school located in Rolla, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Liberal Arts Report
Maryville University of Saint Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri ranking. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #10, Culver - Stockton College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. This small school is located in Canton, Missouri, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Northwest Missouri State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Truman State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri ranking. Truman State University is a small public school situated in Kirksville, Missouri. It awarded 3 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Washington University in St Louis came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri ranking. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #13, Westminster College Missouri did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri list. Located in Fulton, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Stephens College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Missouri ranking. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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