by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 538,925 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. In , liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $28,316 and had an average of $15,943 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 4,348 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,475 and $14,511 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 394 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,282 and $21,331 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, New Saint Andrews College landed the #1 spot on the list. New Saint Andrews is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 30 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 251 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small school located in Lewiston, Idaho that handed out 20 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 49 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Idaho State University Liberal Arts General Studies Report
University of Idaho ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Idaho list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 27 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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