Liberal Arts at Central Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a liberal studies school? To help you decide if Central Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal studies program.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year.

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

CWU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

CWU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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.

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal studies majors at Central Washington University.

CWU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical liberal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at CWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.