Liberal Arts General Studies at East Carolina University

If you are interested in studying liberal arts general studies, you may want to check out the program at East Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798. In 2021, 205 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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.

ECU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECU offers distance education options for liberal arts at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

ECU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at ECU 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
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	236
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	297

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from ECU Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $29,127. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 205 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	124
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

ECU 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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Professors	5,220	$70,590

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.