by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 366,996 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.
Across Washington, there were 17,106 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 654 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in liberal arts.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Evergreen State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s list. The Evergreen State College is a small school located in Olympia, Washington that handed out 541 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitworth University - Adult Degree Programs landed the #2 spot on the list. Whitworth University - Adult Degree Programs is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Spokane, Washington. It awarded 36 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on Liberal Arts at Whitworth University - Adult Degree Programs
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s list. Seattle Pacific University is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Liberal Arts at Seattle Pacific University
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #4 spot on the list. Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch University - Seattle landed the #5 spot on the list. Antioch University - Seattle is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 19 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Liberal Arts at Antioch University - Seattle
Central Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
Whitworth University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s ranking. Whitworth University is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 5 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Washington - Bothell Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Bothell, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Washington - Bothell Campus Liberal Arts Report
Washington State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s ranking. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Liberal Arts at Washington State University
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Washington for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Tacoma, Washington, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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