Liberal Arts General Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every liberal arts general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts program at Columbia University in the City of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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.

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Columbia 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.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal arts master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in liberal arts each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a liberal arts master's degree from Columbia, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts General Studies

Liberal Arts General Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts	71
Humanities	13
General Studies	12

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.