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2023 Most Popular Online Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

17 Colleges
$24,682 Avg Salary
$12,147 Avg Student Debt

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the #12 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 3,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Montgomery County Community College to be the most popular school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue an online associate degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 312 students majoring in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at Montco, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Out of the 17 online programs at schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

Women make up 59% of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at the school.

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#3

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of Schnecksville, LCCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 101 students majoring in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at LCCC, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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Out of the 17 online programs at schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware County Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 58% of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Reading Area Community College is a great place for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their online associate degree. Located in the city of Reading, RACC is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 84 students majoring in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at RACC, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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Westmoreland County Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Westmoreland College is a small public school located in the rural area of Youngwood.

About 63% of the students majoring in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Community College of Beaver County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Monaca, CCBC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 61% of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at the school.

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Bucks County Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

Of the 31 students majoring in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at Bucks County Community College, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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California University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

Women make up 80% of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their online associate degree. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Of the 8 students majoring in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at Clarion University, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 9,619
New York 19,150
Maryland 9,515
Delaware 649
District of Columbia 145

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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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