Liberal Arts at Harvard University

What traits are you looking for in a liberal studies school? To help you decide if Harvard University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal studies program.

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 section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Harvard does offer online education options in liberal studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Harvard Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at Harvard 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 Harvard

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

Harvard Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical liberal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies 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 studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Individualized Studies
• Humanities

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 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.