Liberal Arts General Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

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

FDU is located in Teaneck, New Jersey and approximately 7,479 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 315 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from FDU.

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.

FDU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

FDU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at FDU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at FDU 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
	44
	96

Earnings of FDU Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at FDU is $41,144. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at FDU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus.

FDU Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

FDU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal arts graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus with a associate's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FDU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 315 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from FDU. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at FDU since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	131
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

FDU 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 NJ, the home state for Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Professors	2,670	$73,660

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 Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.