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Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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$65,988 Avg Salary
$25,780 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students, making the major the most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Liberal Arts General Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the most popular school in the Plains States Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

Women make up 40% of the liberal arts majors at the school.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a very large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

Of the 2 students majoring in liberal arts at KU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular liberal arts general studies schools in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Washington University in St Louis Report

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 8,280
Minnesota 6,264
Kansas 6,339
Iowa 5,966
Nebraska 1,612
North Dakota 953
South Dakota 222

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.

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