Liberal Arts at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year.

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.

FAU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

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

FAU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at FAU 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 FAU

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

FAU Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

FAU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal studies graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	117
Hispanic or Latino	117
White	135
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

FAU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at FAU 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Individualized Studies

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.