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Most Popular Schools for Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Major & Degree Program

A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Miami Dade College 8,222 68% $4,338
2 Valencia College 6,562 49% $3,740
3 Lone Star College System 5,664 57% $4,150
4 Broward College 5,261 44% $5,834
5 St Petersburg College 3,627 49% $4,282
6 Palm Beach State College 3,566 55% $4,244
7 Santa Monica College 3,295 52% $2,888
8 Hillsborough Community College 3,091 54% $16,666
9 Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City 2,586 69% $4,720
10 Los Angeles Pierce College 2,488 54% $3,137
11 Pima Community College 2,484 45% $4,062
12 Tallahassee Community College 2,431 76% $2,826
13 Florida State College at Jacksonville 2,402 40% $14,589
14 Santa Fe College 2,288 67% $3,346
15 Moorpark College 2,260 46% $3,179
16 Orange Coast College 2,259 43% $3,103
17 Indian River State College 2,230 42% $3,764
18 Eastern Florida State College 2,129 49% $4,096
19 Irvine Valley College 2,113 62% $3,059
20 Seminole State College of Florida 2,095 37% $4,561
21 San Antonio College 2,044 39% $4,311
22 Saddleback College 1,934 44% $3,246
23 Georgia State University-Perimeter College 1,822 93% $5,304
24 Bergen Community College 1,811 81% $5,900
25 Daytona State College 1,805 45% $4,304
26 Central New Mexico Community College 1,793 19% $3,066
27 Cuyahoga Community College District 1,790 41% $5,136
28 Excelsior College 1,736 34% N/A
29 Grossmont College 1,732 43% $3,086
30 Ventura College 1,622 44% $3,179
31 Portland Community College 1,601 30% $6,029
32 MiraCosta College 1,562 44% $3,252
33 Citrus College 1,521 28% $2,981
34 Florida SouthWestern State College 1,493 65% $16,371
35 Santa Ana College 1,481 12% $3,076
36 Rio Hondo College 1,466 35% $3,124
37 Wake Technical Community College 1,463 16% $4,268
38 Bellevue College 1,445 54% $20,584
39 Salt Lake Community College 1,405 25% $4,743
40 El Paso Community College 1,382 32% $4,089
41 Golden West College 1,348 50% $3,095
42 Polk State College 1,286 43% $5,366
43 Glendale Community College 1,265 25% $3,494
44 Wayne County Community College District 1,262 66% $4,346
45 Des Moines Area Community College 1,252 35% $14,992
46 Pasco-Hernando State College 1,250 51% $4,783
47 CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College 1,250 31% $6,534
48 Hartnell College 1,243 56% $3,337
49 Johnson County Community College 1,232 40% $4,350
50 Cerritos College 1,230 29% $3,200
51 Central Piedmont Community College 1,216 32% $4,429
52 East Los Angeles College 1,213 20% $3,137
53 Columbus State Community College 1,195 20% $5,813
54 Clark College 1,193 48% $5,157
55 State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota 1,192 63% $4,949
56 Pasadena City College 1,192 20% $3,084
57 Saint Louis Community College 1,187 51% $4,315
58 Los Angeles Valley College 1,185 45% $3,137
59 Santiago Canyon College 1,183 38% $3,071
60 Santa Barbara City College 1,146 31% $3,054
61 Walters State Community College 1,142 59% $5,424
62 Chaffey College 1,130 18% $3,089
63 Pensacola State College 1,129 50% $3,804
64 Palomar College 1,098 25% $3,256
65 Mesa Community College 1,090 25% $3,494
66 University of North Georgia 1,072 33% $20,492
67 Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom 1,043 56% $18,404
68 Collin County Community College District 1,034 30% $3,004
69 The University of West Florida 1,030 24% $19,014
70 CUNY Kingsborough Community College 1,012 39% $6,768
71 Bakersfield College 987 26% $3,179
72 Northwest Florida State College 985 61% $4,573
73 College of the Canyons 975 23% $3,073
74 Grand Rapids Community College 975 48% $4,743
75 Pellissippi State Community College 973 41% $5,576
76 American River College 973 17% $2,958
77 Rowan College at Burlington County 938 68% $5,925
78 College of Central Florida 914 39% $3,702
79 Tri-County Technical College 913 45% $5,826
80 Los Angeles Harbor College 900 50% $3,137
81 West Los Angeles College 891 47% $3,137
82 Los Angeles Mission College 883 38% $3,137
83 College of DuPage 866 16% $5,464
84 William Rainey Harper College 863 25% $4,784
85 Green River College 859 30% $4,923
86 Los Medanos College 850 30% $3,230
87 CUNY Queensborough Community College 842 36% $6,574
88 College of Lake County 837 26% $5,124
89 Everett Community College 817 40% $18,204
90 Kirkwood Community College 815 33% $7,332
91 City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College 814 57% $5,404
92 Motlow State Community College 810 71% $5,241
93 Front Range Community College 802 17% $5,786
94 Lansing Community College 796 28% $4,330
95 Los Angeles City College 791 32% $3,137
96 Volunteer State Community College 785 52% $5,722
97 Lorain County Community College 785 37% $4,544
98 Jefferson Community and Technical College 784 19% $5,328
99 Allan Hancock College 783 31% $3,269
100 Nashville State Community College 775 58% $5,703

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.