2023 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.
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The Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools
Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the best school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The excellent programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent programs at Stony Brook University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Excelsior College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Excelsior College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.
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Rutgers University - Camden ranked #8 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Villanova University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
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St John’s College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. St. John's Annapolis is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Annapolis.
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 395 |
Pennsylvania | 69 |
Maryland | 98 |
New Jersey | 12 |
District of Columbia | 21 |
Delaware | 1 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Related Rankings by Major
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Liberal Arts General Studies | 2,680 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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