by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Kansas, there were 6,357 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,340 and $14,898 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 596 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their liberal arts / sciences and humanities program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Hays State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas. Fort Hays State University is a fairly large school located in Hays, Kansas that handed out 257 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Friends University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas. Friends University is a small school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 28 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas list. Pitt State is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburg, Kansas that handed out 56 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emporia State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas. Emporia State University is located in Emporia, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #5 spot on the list. WSU is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 82 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Central Christian College of Kansas 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 Kansas ranking. Central Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in McPherson, Kansas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Kansas 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 Kansas ranking. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 116 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Kansas Wesleyan University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas list. Kansas Wesleyan University is located in Salina, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
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Ottawa University - Kansas City did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking, coming in at #9. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a small school located in Overland Park, Kansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 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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With a ranking of #10, Southwestern College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas list. Winfield, Kansas 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 3 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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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University of Saint Mary came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking. University of Saint Mary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Leavenworth, Kansas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Benedictine College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking. Benedictine College is a small school located in Atchison, Kansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Kansas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking, coming in at #13. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Newman University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas list. This small school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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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Tabor College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking, coming in at #14. Tabor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hillsboro, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, Grantham University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas list. This medium-sized school is located in Lenexa, Kansas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bethany College Kansas landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking. Bethany College Kansas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lindsborg, Kansas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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MidAmerica Nazarene University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Kansas ranking. MidAmerica Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Olathe, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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