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Liberal Arts at Governors State University

Liberal Arts at Governors State 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 Governors State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,650.

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.

GSU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

GSU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at GSU 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 GSU

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

GSU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal studies 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 studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 46
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 22
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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