Liberal Arts at Excelsior University

What traits are you looking for in a liberal studies school? To help you decide if Excelsior University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal studies program.

Excelsior University is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974.

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

Excelsior University Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior University

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? Excelsior University offers distance education options for liberal studies at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior University Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at Excelsior University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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 Studies Student Demographics at Excelsior University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal studies majors at Excelsior University.

Excelsior University Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal studies only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Excelsior University may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 26% more women than average.

Excelsior University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal studies graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior University with a associate's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	59
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Excelsior University Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical liberal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Excelsior University since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Excelsior University 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 Excelsior University with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	904
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Excelsior University Liberal Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a liberal studies master's degree from Excelsior University, 100% 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 Excelsior University with a master's in liberal studies.

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

Related Majors

• Humanities

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal 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 NY, the home state for Excelsior University.

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.