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2025 Best Liberal Arts Schools in New Hampshire

4 Colleges in New Hampshire
197 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in liberal arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New Hampshire to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 197 degrees in liberal arts annually.

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Choosing a Great Liberal Arts School

Best Liberal Arts Schools in New Hampshire The liberal studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Liberal Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for liberal arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Liberal Arts Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Liberal Studies
Bachelor's Degrees in Liberal Studies

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Liberal Arts Schools in New Hampshire list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Liberal Arts in New Hampshire

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the liberal studies degree levels they offer.

Top New Hampshire Schools in Liberal Studies

1
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NH

It's difficult to beat Nashua Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in liberal arts. Located in the city of Nashua, Nashua Community College is a public college with a small student population.

There were approximately 10 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Nashua Community College in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in liberal arts from Nashua Community College

2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NH
37 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat NHTI-Concord's Community College if you want to pursue a degree in liberal arts. NHTI is a small public college located in the fringe town of Concord.

There were about 37 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at NHTI in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in liberal arts from NHTI-Concord’s Community College

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Associates Degree Type
AA in Liberal Arts Program Name

Strengthen your communication and critical-thinking skills with this online associate in liberal arts degree from Southern New Hampshire University.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In NH
47.8% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts if you want to pursue a degree in liberal arts. Magdalen College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Warner.

There were roughly 23 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Magdalen College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in liberal arts from Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts

4
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NH

Great Bay Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in liberal arts. Great Bay Community College is a small public college located in the small suburb of Portsmouth.

There were about 24 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Great Bay Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in liberal arts from Great Bay Community College

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 854 2,302
Connecticut 538 1,077
Rhode Island 436 22
Maine 396 469
Vermont 352 208

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Studies 1,811
Individualized Studies 635
Humanities 7

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