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Liberal Arts General Studies at George Mason University

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Liberal Arts General Studies at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. In 2021, 357 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from GMU.

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.

GMU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

GMU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at GMU 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
154

Earnings of GMU Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $34,587. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

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Liberal Arts Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 357 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 49
Black or African American 56
Hispanic or Latino 58
White 149
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 30

GMU also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts. In 2021, 5 students 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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