2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Mississippi

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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 Mississippi, there were 1,680 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular liberal arts programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 6 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Mississippi

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Miss Liberal Arts Report

2

Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, Mississippi

#22 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alcorn State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Alcorn State University

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 2 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Mississippi State University Liberal Arts Report

4

Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, Mississippi

#6 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Liberal Arts at MUW

5

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. University, Mississippi 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Ole Miss Liberal Arts Report

5

Blue Mountain College
Blue Mountain, Mississippi

#8 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blue Mountain College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Blue Mountain College Liberal Arts Report

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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.