Liberal Arts General Studies at California State University - San Marcos

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

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 174 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from CSUSM.

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.

CSUSM Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

CSUSM Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how CSUSM 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 CSUSM 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
	399
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	668
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	862
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,274

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from CSUSM Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSM is $23,647. This is less than $32,253, which is the national average of all liberal arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 174 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from CSUSM. Of these graduates, 7% were men and 93% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	73
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

CSUSM 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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.