Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Harvard University

If you plan to study liberal arts / sciences & humanities, take a look at what Harvard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Harvard does offer online education options in liberal arts / sciences & humanities for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Harvard Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences & humanities major at Harvard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities. 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 Arts / Sciences & Humanities Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts / sciences & humanities majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of liberal arts / sciences & humanities associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a associate's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.

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

Harvard Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities at Harvard 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

The following liberal arts / sciences & humanities concentations are available at Harvard University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Harvard University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts General Studies	33

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Theology & Religious Vocations
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Careers That Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.