Liberal Arts General Studies at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,650. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from GSU.

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.

GSU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

GSU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at GSU 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 GSU 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
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
	191
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	672
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	810
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,008

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from GSU Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSU is $32,787. This is 2% higher than $32,253, which is the national average for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 120 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts General Studies from GSU in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 78% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Governors State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

GSU 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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Professors	3,040	$66,970

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:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.