2025 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Liberal Arts General Studies is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts general studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 460 bachelor's degrees in liberal arts general studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Liberal Arts General Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of liberal arts general studies for getting your bachelor's 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts general studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other liberal arts general studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for liberal arts general studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts general studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts General Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Liberal Arts General Studies in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in liberal arts general studies.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts

1

St John's College
Annapolis, MD

91 Annual Graduates

$25,307 Median Starting Salary

$49,552 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat St John's College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in liberal arts general studies. St. John's Annapolis is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Annapolis.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the liberal arts program earn about $25,307 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies from St John’s College

2

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

65 Annual Graduates

$38,478 Median Starting Salary

$30,770 Median Student Debt

Salisbury University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in liberal arts general studies. Salisbury is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Salisbury.

After graduating, liberal arts bachelor's recipients usually make about $38,478 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies from Salisbury University

3

Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, MD

36 Annual Graduates

$48,819 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Notre Dame of Maryland University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the city of Baltimore, NDMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those liberal arts general studies students who get their bachelor's degree from Notre Dame of Maryland University make $12,254 more than the standard liberal arts student.

More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies from Notre Dame of Maryland University

4

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

67 Annual Graduates

$32,889 Median Starting Salary

$17,221 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat Frostburg State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in liberal arts general studies. Located in the remote town of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the liberal arts program state that they receive average early career wages of $32,889.

More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies from Frostburg State University

5

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

98 Annual Graduates

$39,699 Median Starting Salary

$28,180 Median Student Debt

Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Those liberal arts general studies students who get their bachelor's degree from Morgan State University receive $3,134 more than the typical liberal arts student.

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6

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

48 Annual Graduates

$34,196 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the liberal arts program make around $34,196 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies from University of Maryland Global Campus

7

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

32 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Baltimore, Coppin is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies from Coppin State University

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	3,957
Pennsylvania	274	1,002
New Jersey	193	1,544
Delaware	130	129
District of Columbia	126	52

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Liberal Arts General Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities area of study, Liberal Arts General Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Liberal Arts Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts	371
Individualized Studies	69
General Studies	19
Humanities	1

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.