Liberal Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Liberal Arts Schools in Nevada ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,257 degrees in liberal arts to qualified students.
Your choice of liberal arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Liberal Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Liberal Arts Schools in Nevada ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of liberal studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in liberal arts has to look into College of Southern Nevada. Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #443 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CSN is a great college overall.
There were roughly 622 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at CSN in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in liberal arts has to look into Truckee Meadows Community College. Truckee Meadows Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large city of Reno. This college ranks 6th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were approximately 229 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Truckee Meadows Community College in the most recent data year.
Western Nevada College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in liberal arts. Located in the city of Carson City, WNC is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1300 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WNC is a great college overall.
There were about 327 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at WNC in the most recent data year.
Great Basin College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in liberal arts. Great Basin College is a small public college located in the remote town of Elko. This college ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 79 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Great Basin College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of liberal arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Liberal Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
