2025 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

Liberal Arts General Studies is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major 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 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,447 associate 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 Associate Degree

The liberal arts associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges 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

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 associate 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 associate 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 schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The liberal arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Liberal Arts General Studies in Connecticut

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for liberal arts general studies students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Connecticut Schools for an Associate in Liberal Arts

1

Capital Community College
Hartford, CT

1,280 Annual Graduates

$25,072 Median Starting Salary

Capital Community College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing an associate degree in liberal arts general studies. Capital Community College is a very large public college located in the midsize city of Hartford.

Liberal Arts General Studies associate degree recipients from Capital Community College get an earnings boost of about $2,277 above the average earnings of liberal arts general studies graduates.

More information about a associate in liberal arts general studies from Capital Community College

2

Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT

37 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in liberal arts general studies needs to take a look at Charter Oak State College. Charter Oak State College is a small public college located in the suburb of New Britain.More information about a associate in liberal arts general studies from Charter Oak State College

3

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

81 Annual Graduates

$6,992 Median Starting Salary

$51,713 Median Student Debt

University of Hartford is a wonderful option for individuals interested in an associate degree in liberal arts general studies. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford.

Associate students who receive their degree from the liberal arts program earn an average of $6,992 for their early career.

More information about a associate in liberal arts general studies from University of Hartford

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	137	2,503
New Hampshire	80	1,487
Rhode Island	70	1,242
Maine	69	377
Vermont	58	182

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Rankings in Majors Related to Liberal Arts

One of 0 majors within the Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities area of study, Liberal Arts General Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Liberal Arts Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	847
Liberal Arts	600

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.