Best Colleges for Humanities
1,008 four-year colleges offer humanities programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit
- $20,111
- Net price
- 5%
- Admit rate
- 4,535
- Enrolled
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit
- $31,944
- Net price
- 12%
- Admit rate
- 7,304
- Enrolled
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit
- $28,699
- Net price
- 5%
- Admit rate
- 10,650
- Enrolled
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private nonprofit
- $50,062
- Net price
- 48%
- Admit rate
- 6,552
- Enrolled
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ · Private nonprofit
- $41,346
- Net price
- 48%
- Admit rate
- 4,222
- Enrolled
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit
- $28,690
- Net price
- 9%
- Admit rate
- 15,995
- Enrolled
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · Private nonprofit
- $41,704
- Net price
- 16%
- Admit rate
- 10,085
- Enrolled
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · Private nonprofit
- $40,815
- Net price
- 13%
- Admit rate
- 7,569
- Enrolled
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit
- $43,071
- Net price
- 60%
- Admit rate
- 5,447
- Enrolled
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · Private nonprofit
- $21,590
- Net price
- 4%
- Admit rate
- 8,973
- Enrolled
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit
- $19,066
- Net price
- 4%
- Admit rate
- 7,601
- Enrolled
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit
- $23,777
- Net price
- 4%
- Admit rate
- 6,758
- Enrolled
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · Private nonprofit
- $43,756
- Net price
- 27%
- Admit rate
- 6,938
- Enrolled
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit
- $26,780
- Net price
- 11%
- Admit rate
- 8,818
- Enrolled
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA · Private nonprofit
- $40,766
- Net price
- 29%
- Admit rate
- 3,876
- Enrolled
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · Private nonprofit
- $30,915
- Net price
- 5%
- Admit rate
- 17,326
- Enrolled
Northeastern University Professional Programs
Boston, MA · Private nonprofit
- —
- Net price
- —
- Admit rate
- 1,802
- Enrolled
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit
- $14,860
- Net price
- 4%
- Admit rate
- 7,569
- Enrolled
George Washington University
Washington, DC · Private nonprofit
- $36,586
- Net price
- 47%
- Admit rate
- 11,182
- Enrolled
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public
- $16,665
- Net price
- 31%
- Admit rate
- 21,996
- Enrolled
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · Private nonprofit
- $41,431
- Net price
- 62%
- Admit rate
- 5,287
- Enrolled
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit
- $29,167
- Net price
- 8%
- Admit rate
- 9,201
- Enrolled
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT · Private nonprofit
- $48,095
- Net price
- 33%
- Admit rate
- 5,373
- Enrolled
Union College
Schenectady, NY · Private nonprofit
- $34,561
- Net price
- 44%
- Admit rate
- 2,046
- Enrolled