by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee” ranking - to help you make that 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 Tennessee, there were 8,591 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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 liberal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee”.
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.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee list. University of Memphis is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 13 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Tennessee list. This fairly large school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 5 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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