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 Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana” 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 Indiana, there were 9,535 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,069 and $24,427 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,681 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana” ranking analyzed 8 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - South Bend landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana University - South Bend is located in South Bend, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
Full Indiana University - South Bend Liberal Arts General Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Northwest. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana. Indiana University - Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at IU Northwest
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valparaiso University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana list. Valparaiso University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valparaiso, Indiana. It awarded 1 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana. University of Southern Indiana is a medium-sized school located in Evansville, Indiana that handed out 1 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Kokomo landed the #5 spot on the list. Kokomo, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at IU Kokomo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana. Ball State is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 277 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Ball State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Earlham College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana list. Earlham is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Richmond, Indiana. It awarded 0 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Southeast. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Indiana. Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school situated in New Albany, Indiana. It awarded 107 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Indiana University - Southeast
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