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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 North Carolina, there were 18,469 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,649 and $14,171 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 104 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree liberal arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 14 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 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. UNC Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 14 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Liberal Arts General Studies Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #5 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 9 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 8 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%.
Full University of North Carolina at Wilmington Liberal Arts General Studies Report
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