2025 Best Liberal Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

Liberal Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #302 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 25 doctor's degrees in liberal arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on liberal arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other liberal arts students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Liberal Arts Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Liberal Arts in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in liberal arts.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Liberal Studies

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Georgetown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in liberal arts. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in liberal arts from Georgetown University

2

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Southern Methodist University is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in liberal arts. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas.More information about a doctorate in liberal arts from Southern Methodist University

Liberal Arts by Region

View the Best Liberal Arts Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Liberal Arts is one of 3 different types of Liberal Arts General Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Humanities	59
Individualized Studies	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.