by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 556,813 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 Pennsylvania, there were 3,648 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,278 and $24,713 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,002 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 63 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts / sciences and humanities in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Neumann University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Aston, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 57 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 63 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Mansfield University is a small school located in Mansfield, Pennsylvania that handed out 32 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 63 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is located in Cheyney, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Peirce College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania list. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania list. Clarion, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 108 students in 2020-2021.
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Wilkes University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Wilkes is a medium-sized school located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania that handed out 80 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a fairly large public school situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 156 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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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Lock Haven University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
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California University of Pennsylvania came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. California, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
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University of Pittsburgh - Bradford did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #11. Pitt Bradford is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
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Mercyhurst University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Mercyhurst University is a small school located in Erie, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Villanova University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania list. Villanova University is a fairly large school located in Villanova, Pennsylvania that handed out 48 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Misericordia University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Misericordia University is a small school located in Dallas, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Carlow University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Saint Joseph’s University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. St. Joe’s is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 26 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Lackawanna College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #17. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
Cairn University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. This small school is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Scranton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #20. University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Full University of Scranton Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
Saint Vincent College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #21. Latrobe, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Drexel University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #22. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Seton Hill University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania list. Greensburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
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Manor College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Manor College is located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.
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