Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Eastern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying liberal arts / sciences & humanities, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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

EIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

EIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences & humanities major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities. 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 / Sciences & Humanities Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts / sciences & humanities majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities at EIU 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 Eastern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts General Studies	100

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Careers That Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Professors	3,040	$66,970

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.