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Liberal Arts and Humanities Schools
in MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Framingham State College
Suffolk University
American International College
College of the Holy Cross
Mount Holyoke College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The New England Conservatory of Music
Bard College at Simon's Rock
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
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Liberal Arts and Humanities Schools in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contains 93 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.
Of the 93 liberal arts and humanities schools in Massachusetts, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr), with Fitchburg State College as the lowest recorded at only $9,386/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 140 employed mathematicians earning an average yearly salary of $67,750. Education teachers in this state earn $73,240/yr and there are 1,540 employed.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
Massachusetts Interesting Facts
- 552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
- Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
- Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
- "Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
- In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."
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