Liberal Arts General Studies at California State University - Los Angeles

If you plan to study liberal arts general studies, take a look at what California State University - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 26,745. Of the 5,742 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Los Angeles in 2021, 139 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Cal State LA Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Cal State LA Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Cal State LA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	340

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from Cal State LA Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State LA is $25,900. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 139 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Cal State LA, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	110
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cal State LA also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.