2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Missouri

If you plan on getting your master's degree in liberal arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #125 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the most popular for liberal arts students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3 master's degrees in liberal arts during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for liberal arts.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Liberal Arts in Missouri

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in liberal arts.

Most Well Attended Schools for Liberal Studies Students Working on Their Master's

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

2 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington University in St Louis is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in liberal arts. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. More information about a master’s in liberal arts from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

1 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in liberal arts has to take a look at University of Missouri - Kansas City. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in liberal arts in Missouri. More information about a master’s in liberal arts from University of Missouri - Kansas City

 

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Liberal Arts Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	345	16
Kansas	244	3
Nebraska	200	0
South Dakota	123	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Liberal Studies

One of 3 majors within the Liberal Arts General Studies area of study, Liberal Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.