by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Vermont, there were 305 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,919 and $22,872 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful liberal arts general studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Champlain College is a small school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 25 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goddard College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Goddard College is located in Plainfield, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, 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 Landmark College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Landmark College is located in Putney, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sterling College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Sterling is a private not-for-profit institution located in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Bennington College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Bennington is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bennington, Vermont. It awarded 2 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
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Middlebury College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s ranking. Middlebury, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
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