2025 Best Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Ranked #19 in popularity, liberal arts is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 194 bachelor's degrees in liberal arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 bachelor'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for liberal arts students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Liberal Arts in Alabama

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

Top Alabama Schools for a Bachelor's in Liberal Studies

1

Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

104 Annual Graduates

Jacksonville State University is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Jacksonville.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts from Jacksonville State University

2

Athens State University
Athens, AL

68 Annual Graduates

Athens State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. Located in the fringe town of Athens, Athens State University is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts from Athens State University

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	693
Tennessee	460	404
North Carolina	453	751
Georgia	453	193
Virginia	421	2,153
South Carolina	370	351
Kentucky	331	291
Louisiana	306	66
Arkansas	294	61
Mississippi	275	155
West Virginia	223	58

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	160
Individualized Studies	17
Humanities	2

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.