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General Studies at College of the Mainland

General Studies at College of the Mainland

If you are interested in studying general studies, you may want to check out the program at College of the Mainland. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

COM is located in Texas City, Texas and has a total student population of 4,335.

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

COM General Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in General Studies

Online Classes Are Available at COM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? COM offers distance education options for general studies at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

COM General Studies Rankings

General Studies Student Demographics at COM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general studies majors at College of the Mainland.

COM General Studies Associate’s Program

74% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of general studies associate's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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COM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general studies graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of the Mainland with a associate's in general studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 31
Hispanic or Latino 115
White 94
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Careers That General Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 TX, the home state for College of the Mainland.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Professors 3,510 $61,660

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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