2025 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Connecticut
8Colleges in Connecticut
2,042Liberal Arts Degrees Awarded
$31,562Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in liberal arts general studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts general studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,042 degrees in liberal arts general studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Liberal Arts General Studies School
The liberal arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Liberal Arts General Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Liberal Arts General Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Liberal Arts General Studies Degree Level
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 General Studies Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Liberal Arts General Studies in Connecticut
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the liberal arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Yale University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the liberal arts general studies program at Yale University earn $29,571 more than the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
University of Connecticut is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 105 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the liberal arts general studies degree program at University of Connecticut earn $12,678 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Eastern Connecticut State University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in liberal arts general studies. ECSU is a small public university located in the town of Willimantic. This university ranks 15th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 49 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at ECSU in the most recent data year. Those liberal arts general studies students who get their degree from Eastern Connecticut State University earn $10,308 more than the standard liberal arts grad.
Any student who is interested in liberal arts general studies has to look into Charter Oak State College. Charter Oak State College is a small public college located in the large suburb of New Britain. This college ranks 10th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 198 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at Charter Oak State College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the liberal arts general studies degree program at Charter Oak State College get $13,053 more than the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Capital Community College is a very large public college located in the midsize city of Hartford. A Best Colleges rank of #255 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Capital Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 42 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at Capital Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the liberal arts program earn about $25,072 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 18th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 46 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at UBridgeport in the most recent data year. Those liberal arts general studies students who get their degree from University of Bridgeport receive $12,181 more than the average liberal arts graduate.
UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford. This university ranks 12th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 32 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent data year.
Sacred Heart is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #321 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Sacred Heart is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 liberal arts general studies students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year.
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).
The liberal arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Liberal Arts General Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Liberal Arts General Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
