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2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 25,322 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,767 and $16,047 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in liberal arts general studies.

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Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s”.

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Denver

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 8 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Utah

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at CU Anschutz

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at MSU Bozeman

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Adams State University
Alamosa, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Alamosa, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Adams State University

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Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 36 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 92%.

Full BYU Liberal Arts General Studies Report

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Utah State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1,038 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at USU

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