General Studies at Fairfield University

If you plan to study general studies, take a look at what Fairfield University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 5,513 students attend the school each year.

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

Fairfield U General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies

Fairfield U General Studies Rankings

The general studies major at Fairfield U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

General Studies Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of general studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical general studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Fairfield U since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general studies at Fairfield U 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 Fairfield University with a bachelor's in general studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Individualized Studies

Careers That General Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.