by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Michigan, there were 11,125 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,520 and $18,868 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan” list to help you make the college 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 Michigan”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Michigan - Flint Liberal Arts General Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
Full Northern Michigan University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan list. Oakland University is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 21 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Michigan - Dearborn
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Detroit Mercy. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan. Detroit Mercy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 4 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Detroit Mercy Liberal Arts General Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madonna University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan list. Madonna is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Michigan list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Central Michigan University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
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