2024 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #29 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 17 master's degrees in liberal arts / sciences & humanities to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts / sciences & humanities students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of liberal arts / sciences & humanities students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt liberal arts / sciences & humanities students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts / sciences & humanities related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for liberal arts / sciences & humanities students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Indiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.

Top Indiana Schools for a Master's in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

1

Indiana University - South Bend
South Bend, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Indiana University - South Bend is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. Located in the city of South Bend, Indiana University - South Bend is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in liberal arts / sciences & humanities from Indiana University - South Bend

2

Indiana University - Northwest
Gary, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Indiana University - Northwest is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. Located in the small city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in liberal arts / sciences & humanities from Indiana University - Northwest

Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	34	184
Ohio	32	61
Michigan	31	7
Wisconsin	31	3

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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies	17

Majors Similar to Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations	476
Communication & Journalism	321
Social Sciences	189
English Language & Literature	130
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	69
History	59
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	45
Philosophy & Religious Studies	37
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803). More about our data sources and methodologies.