2025 Best Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in liberal arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 bachelor's degrees in liberal arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in liberal arts.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Liberal Studies

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

108 Annual Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts from University of Southern Mississippi

2

Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Alcorn State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. Located in the remote area of Alcorn State, Alcorn State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts from Alcorn 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
Alabama	320	163
Louisiana	306	66
Arkansas	294	61
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 Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	283
Individualized Studies	15

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.