2023 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities School for You
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the #30 most popular major in the country with 2,680 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
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The excellent programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Great Lakes Region . DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
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The excellent programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. USI is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.
Western Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.
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Oakland University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. It came in at #8 on the list. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.
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University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Located in the city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.
North Central College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Naperville, North Central is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 290 |
| Indiana | 19 |
| Ohio | 62 |
| Wisconsin | 4 |
| Michigan | 13 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Related Rankings by Major
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 2,680 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Visual & Performing Arts | 18,379 |
| Theology & Religious Vocations | 17,287 |
| English Language & Literature | 9,566 |
| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 4,163 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 3,136 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).
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