by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 the Plains States region, there were 31,199 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,497 and $16,369 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer 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 plains states region master’s degree liberal arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Fort Hays State University is a fairly large school located in Hays, Kansas that handed out 44 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fort Hays State University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chadron State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Chadron State College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Full Metropolitan State University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #4 spot on the list. UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Wichita State University is a fairly large school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Wichita State University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Washington University in St Louis ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, Baker University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Baldwin City, Kansas, and it awarded 0 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #7, University of South Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 72 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Minnesota - Duluth
With a ranking of #7, Washburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Washburn University is a medium-sized public school situated in Topeka, Kansas. It awarded 109 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Washburn University
South Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 65 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at South Dakota State
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at UMN Twin Cities
Creighton University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Creighton University is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 0 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Mary did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. UMary is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Mary
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