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Liberal Arts General Studies at Illinois State University

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Liberal Arts General Studies at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 126 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from Illinois State.

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.

Illinois State Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Illinois State Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Illinois State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at Illinois State 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 157
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools 259

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from Illinois State Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Illinois State is $32,380. This is 0% higher than $32,253, which is the national average for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

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Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The liberal arts program at Illinois State awarded 126 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Illinois State since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 31
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 67
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Illinois State 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 Illinois 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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