2024 Best Liberal Arts Schools in Delaware

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of liberal arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 148 degrees in liberal arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Liberal Arts Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Liberal Arts Schools in Delaware list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Liberal Arts in Delaware

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.

Top Delaware Schools in Liberal Studies

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17.4% Growth in Graduates

University of Delaware is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in liberal arts. UD is a very large public university located in the suburb of Newark.More information about a degree in liberal arts from University of Delaware

2

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

121 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

28.9% Growth in Graduates

Wilmington University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in liberal arts. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a degree in liberal arts from Wilmington University

 

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	10,057
Pennsylvania	978	2,195
Maryland	618	2,302
New Jersey	614	8,232
District of Columbia	441	107

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Liberal Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Liberal Arts General Studies area of study, Liberal Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	474
Individualized Studies	27

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.