2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia

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With 354,866 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 63 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,168 and $23,332 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their liberal arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in District of Columbia

1

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified associates’s liberal studies students in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.