2023 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You
Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in the United States with 10,486 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the New England Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bentley University is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Bentley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
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Out of the 29 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Burlington.
Liberal Arts majors at Champlain take out an average of $24,401 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Middletown, Wesleyan U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from Wesleyan U carry an average student debtload of $15,460. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $591, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Out of the 29 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Charter Oak State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of New Britain, Charter Oak State College is a public school with a small student population.
After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from Charter Oak State College carry an average student debtload of $25,077.
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Southern New Hampshire University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Liberal Arts majors at SNHU take out an average of $30,349 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Providence College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
On average, liberal arts graduates from Providence take out $28,791 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Sacred Heart University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree liberal arts general studies programs. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.
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Thomas More College of Liberal Arts ranked #9 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Merrimack, Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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University of Maine at Augusta did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts general studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UMA is a small public school located in the town of Augusta.
After completing their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts graduates from UMA carry an average student debtload of $30,650.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 3,382 |
| Connecticut | 2,207 |
| New Hampshire | 2,654 |
| Maine | 630 |
| Rhode Island | 1,275 |
| Vermont | 305 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.