Liberal Arts General Studies at Fairmont State University

Every liberal arts general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts program at Fairmont State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,848. In 2021, 36 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from Fairmont State.

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.

Fairmont State Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Fairmont State Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

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 Fairmont State 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
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	374
	803
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	942
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,290

Earnings of Fairmont State Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fairmont State is $30,125. This is less than $32,253, which is the national average of all liberal arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Fairmont State

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

Fairmont State Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Fairmont State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Fairmont State 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 Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Fairmont State 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 WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Professors	120	$67,490

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 User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.