2025 Best Liberal Arts Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Liberal Arts is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 686 associate degrees in liberal arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Liberal Arts School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of liberal arts for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other liberal arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The liberal studies 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 Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Liberal Arts in Wisconsin

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in liberal arts.

Top Wisconsin Schools for an Associate in Liberal Studies

1

Madison Area Technical College
Madison, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

386 Annual Graduates

Madison Area Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in liberal arts. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in liberal arts from Madison Area Technical College

2

Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

153 Annual Graduates

Milwaukee Area Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in liberal arts. MATC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a associate in liberal arts from Milwaukee Area Technical College

3

Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

70 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Nicolet Area Technical College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in liberal arts. Nicolet Area Technical College is a small public college located in the rural area of Rhinelander.More information about a associate in liberal arts from Nicolet Area Technical College

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	6,765
Michigan	410	4,620
Illinois	267	14,293
Indiana	221	1,036

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Liberal Arts Related Rankings by Major

Liberal Arts is one of 3 different types of Liberal Arts General Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Individualized Studies	1,075
General Studies	3
Humanities	3

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.