by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
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 the Plains States region, there were 25,553 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree liberal studies students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 27 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 7 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 Metropolitan State University
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Missouri - Kansas City Liberal Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. WSU is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Liberal Arts at Washington University in St Louis
University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
South Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 full report on Liberal Arts at South Dakota State University
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Washburn University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Washburn University is a public institution located in Topeka, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 100 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Creighton University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 0 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of South Dakota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 0 masters’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%.
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