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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Minnesota

6 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 354,866 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Minnesota, there were 6,323 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,977 and $22,716 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Minnesota

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St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, St Olaf College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northfield, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full St Olaf College Liberal Arts Report

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Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethany Lutheran College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota. BLC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at BLC

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Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota list. Metropolitan State University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 15 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Metropolitan State University

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Morris landed the #4 spot on the list. UMN Morris is a small school located in Morris, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at University of Minnesota - Morris

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Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bemidji State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota list. Located in Bemidji, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Bemidji State University Liberal Arts Report

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Augsburg University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

With a ranking of #6, Augsburg University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Minnesota list. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Augsburg University

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