by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Virginia, there were 14,893 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,025 and $13,423 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Virginia 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 virginia master’s degree liberal arts students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #1 spot on the list. Old Dominion is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Richmond landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in University of Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 5 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 93%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Arts Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hollins University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Roanoke, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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