Liberal Arts General Studies at Eastern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying liberal arts general studies, 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 approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from EIU.

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.

EIU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

EIU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how EIU 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 EIU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154
	517

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from EIU Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at EIU is $33,984. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in liberal arts from EIU in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

EIU 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 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.