2025 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a master's degree in liberal arts general studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #69 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 433 master's degrees in liberal arts general studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Liberal Arts General Studies School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of liberal arts general studies for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality liberal arts program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on liberal arts general studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of liberal arts general studies students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for liberal arts general studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts general studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts general studies students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 General Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Liberal Arts General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Liberal Arts

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Georgetown University
Washington, DC

17 Annual Graduates

Georgetown University is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in liberal arts general studies from Georgetown University

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New York University
New York, NY

104 Annual Graduates

$40,856 Median Starting Salary

New York University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the liberal arts program state that they receive average early career wages of $40,856.

More information about a master’s in liberal arts general studies from New York University

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St John's College
Annapolis, MD

26 Annual Graduates

$43,899 Median Starting Salary

St John's College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the large suburb of Annapolis, St. John's Annapolis is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the liberal arts program make about $43,899 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in liberal arts general studies from St John’s College

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	323
Pennsylvania	248	47
Maryland	193	85
New Jersey	188	12
District of Columbia	154	15
Delaware	109	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of 0 different types of Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities programs to choose from.

Liberal Arts Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts	323
Humanities	99
Individualized Studies	9
General Studies	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.