Liberal Arts and Humanities Programs
for International Students in the United States
Nothing better embodies the essential American undergraduate experience than the liberal arts college. While liberal education can be traced to European forbears like Cambridge and Oxford, American liberal arts colleges have developed their own distinctive educational formula, merging teaching, research, and community life into powerful educational settings.
— Read more of Liberal Arts Colleges: The Essence of American Higher Education
All too often, students cross the ocean to enroll at the first school they hear about or the first school to send the I-20. As you begin your college search, "Step One" is to learn about what makes higher education in the USA unique. There is no federal ranking system by which to judge or compare schools. The U.S. does not mandate a national curriculum for post-secondary education. There is a wide range of institutional types and educational philosophies that result in unique and autonomous educational systems and choices. Read about them to make sure you know an apple from a mango!
— Read more of The Small, Private, Residential Liberal Arts College:
A Gem to be Discovered
Last year was particularly meaningful to me as I watched my own son leave high school and begin college. Like his parents before him, and many of his peers, my son wrestled with where to pursue his passion for art. At an art college? A liberal arts university with an art program? A multidisciplinary school of the arts? How to decide?
— Read more of School of the Art
The question is often asked, "Why Women's Studies?" This interdisciplinary area of study offers something few programs can at the graduate level—advanced education in a variety of fields tailored to each student's interests and needs. Rather than studying a specific field such as biology or Victorian literature, students in Women's Studies might choose to study in a variety of fields that meet their interests—from literature to history to communication to psychology to education to film to environmental law. What brings it all together is the focus on the role of women in these areas.
— To read more of Women's Studies, please visit American Graduate Education.
Featured Liberal Arts and Humanities Programs
for International Students
- Aims College
Greeley, Colorado - Cerritos College
Norwalk, California - City Colleges of San Francisco
San Francisco, California - Glendale Community College
Glendale, Arizona - Phoenix College
Phoenix, Arizona - Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California - Sierra College
Rocklin, California - SUNY Brockport
Brockport, New York - Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas