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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 556,813 liberal arts general studies students received their degree, making the major the 1st most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 58,100 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,566 and $15,994 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 52,562 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 70 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts general studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their liberal arts general studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas associate degree liberal arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville College-Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Jacksonville, Texas, and it awarded 76 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Christian College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas. Southwestern Christian College is a small school located in Terrell, Texas that handed out 17 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Lakeview College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Universal City, Texas, and it awarded 813 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 70 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Vista College landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 2,384 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 70 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Palo Alto College landed the #5 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s liberal arts degrees to 1,194 students in 2020-2021.
San Antonio College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 2,613 diplomas to qualified associates’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
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El Centro College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7,386 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Laredo College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking. Laredo College is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 927 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Collin County Community College District did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #9. Collin County Community College District is a large public school situated in McKinney, Texas. It awarded 3,223 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Tarrant County College District landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking. This large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 4,817 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Lone Star College System ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. Lone Star College System is located in The Woodlands, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6,347 associates’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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Southwest Texas Junior College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. Southwest Texas Junior College is a medium-sized public school situated in Uvalde, Texas. It awarded 714 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Ranger College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. Ranger College is a small public school situated in Ranger, Texas. It awarded 250 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Trinity Valley Community College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Athens, Texas, and it awarded 757 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Central Texas College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. Central Texas College is located in Killeen, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,171 associates’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #16, North Central Texas College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. NCTC is located in Gainesville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 715 associates’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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Cisco College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking. Located in Cisco, Texas, this small public school awarded 270 diplomas to qualified associates’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #18, McLennan Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. McLennan Community College is located in Waco, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 879 associates’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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Clarendon College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking. Clarendon College is a small school located in Clarendon, Texas that handed out 144 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Frank Phillips College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. Borger, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s liberal arts degrees to 122 students in 2020-2021.
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Kilgore College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking. Kilgore College is a medium-sized school located in Kilgore, Texas that handed out 383 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Coastal Bend College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #22. CBC is a small school located in Beeville, Texas that handed out 252 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Blinn College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in Brenham, Texas, and it awarded 1,292 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #24, Navarro College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Corsicana, Texas, and it awarded 511 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeast Texas Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #25. This small school is located in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and it awarded 262 associates’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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