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Largest liberal arts programs in the United States
U.S. liberal arts programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Monica College | Santa Monica | Public, 4-year | 9,669 |
| 2 | Ivy Tech Community College | Indianapolis | Public, 2-year | 7,726 |
| 3 | Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Public, 4-year | 6,485 |
| 4 | Miami Dade College | Miami | Public, 4-year | 6,449 |
| 5 | Valencia College | Orlando | Public, 4-year | 6,079 |
| 6 | Indiana University-Bloomington | Bloomington | Public, 4-year | 6,020 |
| 7 | Utah State University | Logan | Public, 4-year | 5,437 |
| 8 | Dallas College | Dallas | Public, 4-year | 5,426 |
| 9 | Saddleback College | Mission Viejo | Public, 2-year | 5,098 |
| 10 | Utah Valley University | Orem | Public, 4-year | 4,583 |
| 11 | Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public, 2-year | 4,283 |
| 12 | Bakersfield College | Bakersfield | Public, 4-year | 4,030 |
| 13 | Broward College | Fort Lauderdale | Public, 4-year | 3,513 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Pierce College | Woodland Hills | Public, 2-year | 3,366 |
| 15 | Golden West College | Huntington Beach | Public, 2-year | 3,358 |
| 16 | Moorpark College | Moorpark | Public, 4-year | 2,885 |
| 17 | Pima Community College | Tucson | Public, 2-year | 2,813 |
| 18 | Palm Beach State College | Lake Worth | Public, 4-year | 2,802 |
| 19 | Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Public, 4-year | 2,782 |
| 20 | Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2,735 |
| 21 | Central New Mexico Community College | Albuquerque | Public, 2-year | 2,648 |
| 22 | Ventura College | Ventura | Public, 2-year | 2,642 |
| 23 | Southern Utah University | Cedar City | Public, 4-year | 2,448 |
| 24 | Hillsborough Community College | Tampa | Public, 4-year | 2,444 |
| 25 | Irvine Valley College | Irvine | Public, 2-year | 2,419 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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