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CIP PROGRAM: 24.0101
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 268070 24981 1275
2021 262354 25169 1188
2022 262371 24892 1218
2023 249611 22346 1024
2024 230036 21178 901
Change -6.89% -10.55% -19.69%

Related CIPs

24 LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
24.01 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
24.0101 Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
24.0102 General Studies.
24.0103 Humanities/Humanistic Studies.
24.0199 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University34 +5100.00%
Adams State University21 -9.76%
Adelphi University3 -25.00%
Alaska Pacific University2 +66.67%
Alcorn State University15 -63.41%
Alfred University1 -50.00%
Alice Lloyd College3 -100.00%
Alvernia University1 -100.00%
Alverno College21 -
American International College5 -21.43%
Andrews University1 -100.00%
Antioch University28 -
Antioch University-Los Angeles36 +409.09%
Antioch University-Santa Barbara3 -70.59%
Antioch University-Seattle13 -34.78%
Appalachian State University18 -33.33%
Aquinas College15 +15.38%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion73 -
Arizona State University Digital Immersion321 +4.18%
Ashford University48 +16.67%
Athens State University68 +40.54%
Augsburg University1 -
Augustana University5 -100.00%
Austin Peay State University107 +25.68%
Azusa Pacific University22 -27.45%
Ball State University199 -17.39%
Barton College8 +11.11%
Bay Path University18 +35.71%
Bellarmine University8 -50.00%
Bellevue University1 -
Belmont Abbey College25 -9.52%
Belmont University12 -3.85%
Bemidji State University9 -28.57%
Bentley University2 -6.98%
Bethel University12 +7.14%
Bethune-Cookman University64 -41.43%
Binghamton University1 -
Boston College4 -
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus40 -34.12%
Bridgewater College23 +11.76%
Bryan College-Dayton1 -
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College10 -33.33%
CUNY City College104 -32.56%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center43 +10.77%
CUNY Lehman College2 -
CUNY Medgar Evers College14 -67.74%
Cabrini University1 -
Cairn University-Langhorne2 -50.00%
California Baptist University66 -10.23%
California Lutheran University24 +8.82%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo86 -15.00%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt29 -52.08%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona170 -17.68%
California State University-Bakersfield317 +17.74%
California State University-Channel Islands124 +18.37%
California State University-Chico180 +13.59%
California State University-Dominguez Hills144 +16.18%
California State University-East Bay89 -30.48%
California State University-Fresno529 +24.76%
California State University-Fullerton141 -5.59%
California State University-Long Beach300 +19.23%
California State University-Los Angeles139 -31.68%
California State University-Monterey Bay136 +28.26%
California State University-Northridge253 -21.45%
California State University-Sacramento139 -3.70%
California State University-San Bernardino194 -9.72%
California State University-San Marcos155 +28.89%
California State University-Stanislaus236 +24.24%
Campbellsville University21 +275.00%
Carnegie Mellon University15 -36.67%
Carson-Newman University5 -50.00%
Cedarville University1 -
Central Christian College of Kansas2 -75.00%
Central Washington University29 -
Champion Christian College10 -
Champlain College14 -51.02%
Chapman University1 -
Charter Oak State College95 -48.21%
Chestnut Hill College3 -
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania9 -14.29%
Chicago State University19 +50.00%
Christian Brothers University9 -
Clarke University6 -
Clayton State University52 -18.00%
Cleveland State University8 +233.33%
Coastal Carolina University63 -3.28%
College of Staten Island CUNY29 +44.83%
College of the Atlantic93 -
College of the Holy Cross1 -
College of the Ozarks4 -
Colorado Christian University1 -
Colorado Mesa University32 -7.69%
Colorado State University Pueblo16 -58.62%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins76 -40.86%
Columbia International University17 -
Columbus State University2 +25.00%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania48 -
Concordia University Texas25 -25.00%
Concordia University-Irvine24 -21.05%
Coppin State University32 -33.33%
Culver-Stockton College1 -66.67%
Cumberland University2 -100.00%
Daemen University50 +1050.00%
Dakota Wesleyan University1 -
Dean College3 -28.57%
Doane University12 +125.00%
Dordt University7 -
Drake University5 +25.00%
Drexel University52 -33.85%
Duquesne University2 -
East Carolina University196 +186.36%
East Tennessee State University95 -19.23%
Eastern Connecticut State University12 +45.45%
Eastern Illinois University87 -17.74%
Eastern Mennonite University22 +13.79%
Eastern Nazarene College4 -61.54%
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus71 +17.39%
Eastern Oregon University5 -84.21%
Elizabethtown College5 -
Elmhurst University2 -
Elmira College2 -33.33%
Emmanuel College18 -30.00%
Empire State University12 -
Emporia State University10 -65.22%
Endicott College23 -25.00%
Eureka College3 -
Excelsior University1143 -29.26%
Fayetteville State University74 +12.24%
Fisher College3 +250.00%
Flagler College8 -33.33%
Florida Atlantic University53 +4.84%
Florida College22 +7.69%
Florida International University229 -18.96%
Florida National University-Main Campus9 +142.86%
Fort Hays State University141 -38.52%
Fort Valley State University18 +31.58%
Framingham State University31 +57.58%
Francis Marion University11 -8.33%
Fresno Pacific University151 -100.00%
Friends University8 -29.41%
Frostburg State University67 -16.90%
Gannon University7 +33.33%
George Mason University82 +4.49%
Georgetown University22 -54.55%
Georgia Gwinnett College5 -
Goddard College14 -28.21%
Goodwin University1 +200.00%
Governors State University89 -8.85%
Grand Valley State University80 +2.15%
Grand View University32 -16.67%
Greensboro College16 -57.14%
Greenville University3 +100.00%
Hampton University19 -10.00%
Harris-Stowe State University17 -
Harvard University6 -
Hilbert College3 -
Hobart William Smith Colleges4 -41.18%
Hofstra University4 +40.00%
Holy Cross College10 +14.29%
Hope International University1 -33.33%
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses3 -28.57%
Husson University2 -100.00%
Idaho State University8 -
Illinois State University96 -45.45%
Immaculata University2 +100.00%
Indiana State University53 +45.95%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus29 +10.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington187 -7.35%
Indiana University-Southeast4 +200.00%
Iona University2 -66.67%
Iowa State University66 -17.65%
Ithaca College4 -33.33%
Jacksonville State University104 +29.27%
James Madison University146 +2.53%
Johnson C Smith University16 -
Judson University1 +100.00%
Keene State College6 -
Kentucky State University17 +55.56%
Knox College3 -
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania18 -30.00%
La Roche University4 +600.00%
La Salle University1 -
La Sierra University10 -25.00%
Lackawanna College6 +1000.00%
Lake Forest College13 +25.00%
Lander University16 +11.11%
Langston University7 -31.25%
Lee University52 +3.92%
Lewis University7 -69.23%
Liberty University8 -51.76%
Limestone University16 +4.55%
Lincoln University13 -25.93%
Lincoln University1 -
Livingstone College5 -50.00%
Longwood University49 -65.00%
Los Angeles Pacific University53 -61.90%
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College7 -60.53%
Loyola Marymount University8 +6.25%
Lynn University1 -50.00%
Magdalen College15 -22.73%
Maharishi International University34 -
Malone University4 -
Manhattanville College5 -
Manor College3 -
Maria College of Albany1 -75.00%
Marian University2 -
Martin University1 -62.50%
Mary Baldwin University26 -13.89%
Marymount University1 -21.43%
Maryville University of Saint Louis11 +200.00%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology11 +37.50%
McNeese State University8 +20.00%
Mercer University15 -52.17%
Mercy University38 -
Mercyhurst University5 -
Merrimack College26 -37.50%
Metropolitan State University4 +114.29%
Miami University-Hamilton36 -18.18%
Miami University-Middletown10 -86.21%
Middle Georgia State University21 -7.14%
Middlebury College5 +100.00%
Missouri Southern State University80 +7.23%
Missouri State University-Springfield95 -27.84%
Mitchell College5 -27.27%
Monmouth College1 -100.00%
Montana State University48 -
Montana State University Billings39 +35.71%
Montana Technological University3 +33.33%
Montclair State University17 -
Morgan State University98 -10.47%
Mount Mary University3 -
Mount Mercy University18 -
Mount Saint Mary's University8 +15.38%
Mount St. Joseph University6 +60.00%
Murray State University3 -20.00%
Neumann University41 -42.11%
New Mexico Highlands University14 -22.73%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus141 -25.43%
New Saint Andrews College18 +25.00%
New York University524 -
Niagara University10 +18.75%
North Carolina A & T State University237 +24.62%
North Carolina Central University22 +66.67%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh13 -9.09%
North Carolina Wesleyan University6 +200.00%
North Greenville University21 -72.55%
Northeastern Illinois University80 -40.99%
Northeastern University8 -50.00%
Northeastern University Professional Programs10 +111.11%
Northern Arizona University341 -23.30%
Northern Illinois University97 -
Northern Kentucky University65 -4.65%
Northern Michigan University2 -
Northern New Mexico College19 -8.33%
Northwest Nazarene University3 -
Northwestern College6 -
Northwestern State University of Louisiana29 +90.00%
Northwestern University3 +100.00%
Notre Dame de Namur University1 -44.44%
Notre Dame of Maryland University14 -41.18%
Oakland University6 +100.00%
Oglethorpe University1 -66.67%
Oklahoma Christian University39 +17.65%
Oklahoma City University8 -
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus40 +247.06%
Oral Roberts University25 +188.89%
Oregon State University43 +9.62%
Pace University15 +34.78%
Pacific Islands University4 +100.00%
Patrick Henry College12 +166.67%
Peirce College36 -
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus1 -37.50%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington8 -25.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona3 -71.43%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine1 -100.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois1 -
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College2 +50.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto6 -66.67%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton3 -66.67%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango3 -
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus6 -41.67%
Pennsylvania Western University149 -
Pepperdine University10 -29.41%
Philander Smith University2 -
Pittsburg State University44 -10.26%
Point Park University1 -
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo7 -58.33%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez7 -
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce52 -17.81%
Portland State University233 -1.76%
Providence Christian College25 -4.55%
Providence College3 -33.33%
Purdue University Northwest28 -6.06%
Quinnipiac University9 -27.27%
Ramapo College of New Jersey10 -75.00%
Regis University10 -58.82%
Rhode Island College5 -81.82%
Rider University8 -25.00%
Roger Williams University1 -25.00%
Rogers State University8 +20.00%
Rowan University74 -20.00%
Russell Sage College4 -66.67%
Rutgers University-Camden29 -29.55%
SUNY Brockport6 +50.00%
SUNY Old Westbury1 -88.00%
SUNY at Purchase College42 -68.87%
Saint Francis University1 -100.00%
Saint Joseph's University9 -20.83%
Saint Leo University14 +13.04%
Saint Mary's College of California39 +2.22%
Saint Vincent College11 +50.00%
Saint Xavier University18 -36.67%
Salisbury University65 -22.41%
Salve Regina University5 -
Sam Houston State University51 +25.53%
Samford University1 -66.67%
San Diego Christian College2 +25.00%
San Diego State University223 +1.34%
San Francisco State University42 -31.75%
San Jose State University45 -17.24%
Santa Clara University4 -16.67%
Sarah Lawrence College312 +2.58%
Seattle Pacific University26 +2500.00%
Seattle University15 -20.00%
Seton Hall University7 -33.33%
Shenandoah University3 -80.00%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania8 -
Shorter University1 -
Simpson College19 -33.33%
Simpson University19 -37.14%
Sinte Gleska University1 -100.00%
Skidmore College10 +50.00%
Soka University of America98 -17.80%
Sonoma State University115 -21.26%
Southeastern University1 -
Southern Connecticut State University88 +536.00%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale45 -10.20%
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville20 +280.00%
Southern Virginia University14 -54.17%
Southwestern Christian University4 -25.00%
Southwestern College3 -50.00%
Spring Arbor University2 -66.67%
St Olaf College4 -61.54%
St. Francis College26 -53.85%
St. John Fisher University9 +100.00%
St. John's College59 +10.00%
St. John's College91 +30.86%
St. John's University-New York14 -50.00%
St. Joseph's University-New York46 +230.77%
St. Thomas Aquinas College1 -
St. Thomas University1 -100.00%
State University of New York at New Paltz16 -57.14%
State University of New York at Oswego1 -
Stephen F Austin State University16 +114.29%
Stevens Institute of Technology4 -12.50%
Stockton University159 +61.90%
Sul Ross State University1 +133.33%
Syracuse University14 -16.67%
Talladega College21 -
Temple University12 +20.00%
Tennessee State University18 -13.33%
Texas A & M University-Commerce20 -26.67%
Texas A&M University-Central Texas56 -2.94%
Texas College21 +150.00%
Texas Tech University12 +25.00%
The College of Saint Rose8 +16.67%
The Evergreen State College363 -41.31%
The New School71 -12.62%
The University of Tampa9 +80.00%
The University of Texas at Austin141 -8.09%
Thomas Aquinas College102 +38.55%
Thomas Edison State University290 -4.61%
Thomas More University27 +23.81%
Thomas University1 -
Toccoa Falls College11 +14.29%
Transylvania University3 -
Trinity Baptist College2 -
Trinity International University-Illinois5 -
Truman State University8 -
Union College42 -96.43%
Union College21 +31.25%
Union University14 -
United States University1 -
University of Akron Main Campus8 -69.23%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock50 +43.75%
University of Bridgeport7 -74.19%
University of California-Riverside80 +6.10%
University of California-Santa Barbara1 -100.00%
University of Central Oklahoma7 -
University of Chicago10 +11.11%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus8 -5.26%
University of Delaware27 +70.00%
University of Detroit Mercy1 -
University of Dubuque4 +200.00%
University of Evansville5 -
University of Georgia5 -36.36%
University of Hawaii at Manoa63 -25.93%
University of Houston42 -34.25%
University of Illinois Springfield12 -55.00%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2 -87.50%
University of Indianapolis19 -13.64%
University of Iowa191 -5.67%
University of Kansas81 -27.35%
University of Kentucky53 -21.54%
University of La Verne4 -92.04%
University of Louisville37 +9.38%
University of Maine17 +20.00%
University of Maine at Augusta107 -32.37%
University of Maine at Fort Kent4 -42.86%
University of Maine at Presque Isle123 +183.33%
University of Mary1 -100.00%
University of Mary Washington47 +33.33%
University of Massachusetts Global76 -24.81%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth12 -39.29%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell82 -7.45%
University of Memphis44 -30.10%
University of Michigan-Dearborn21 +85.71%
University of Missouri-Kansas City129 -7.69%
University of Missouri-St Louis61 -25.00%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln2 +300.00%
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online10 +800.00%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus1 -
University of New Mexico-Main Campus148 -22.12%
University of North Carolina Asheville20 +15.79%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill26 -2.17%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro119 -27.15%
University of Northern Iowa64 -28.38%
University of Notre Dame35 -17.95%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus105 -34.81%
University of Pennsylvania6 -
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus21 +500.00%
University of Redlands12 +500.00%
University of Richmond4 -62.50%
University of Rochester7 -
University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne7 +200.00%
University of Saint Mary1 -
University of San Diego11 +60.00%
University of Scranton11 -33.33%
University of South Carolina Beaufort17 +100.00%
University of South Carolina-Columbia125 +93.10%
University of South Carolina-Upstate64 -15.85%
University of South Florida189 +22400.00%
University of Southern Indiana45 +46.88%
University of Southern Maine14 +54.55%
University of Southern Mississippi108 -4.27%
University of St Francis2 -50.00%
University of St Thomas4 -80.00%
University of Toledo88 +1975.00%
University of Tulsa2 -100.00%
University of Vermont6 -
University of Virginia's College at Wise66 +21.57%
University of Virginia-Main Campus1098 +23.96%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire6 -50.00%
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay93 +0.80%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh21 -61.40%
University of Wisconsin-Platteville7 +28.57%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point9 -55.56%
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater28 -10.00%
University of the West9 -20.00%
Upper Iowa University3 +16.67%
Utah State University3 -78.95%
Utica University16 -
Vermont State University13 -
Villanova University14 -37.04%
Virginia State University14 -41.94%
Virginia Wesleyan University7 -33.33%
Viterbo University6 -100.00%
Walsh University1 -
Washington College4 -58.33%
Wayne State University14 -
Weber State University35 +3.33%
Wesleyan University10 -
West Chester University of Pennsylvania141 -28.00%
West Virginia University13 -80.95%
Western Carolina University6 -11.76%
Western Connecticut State University3 -100.00%
Western Illinois University9 -58.82%
Westfield State University118 -30.22%
Westmont College11 -53.85%
Wheeling University1 -
Whitworth University-Adult Degree Programs43 +16.67%
Widener University2 -50.00%
Wilkes University60 +13.79%
William Jewell College9 -63.16%
William Paterson University of New Jersey56 +17.24%
William Peace University8 -76.92%
Williams Baptist University19 -23.53%
Wilmington College1 +200.00%
Wilmington University54 +18.18%
Wilson College3 -
Xavier University54 -50.56%
Yale University10 -
Youngstown State University11 -