by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 556,813 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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 Montana, there were 842 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,448 and $18,996 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in liberal arts general studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for montana bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Billings. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana. Montana State University - Billings is a public institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Billings Liberal Arts General Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana list. MSU Bozeman is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Montana State University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the #3 spot on the list. Montana Tech is a small school located in Butte, Montana that handed out 3 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Montana Technological University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana. This small school is located in Havre, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Northern Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Providence landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Great Falls, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full University of Providence Liberal Arts General Studies Report
With a ranking of #6, The University of Montana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana list. The University of Montana is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 2 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The University of Montana Liberal Arts General Studies Report
The University of Montana - Western ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Montana list. Dillon, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
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