Liberal Arts at Illinois State University

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 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.

Illinois State Liberal Arts Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Illinois State Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at Illinois State 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 Illinois State

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

Illinois State Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

51% Women

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% 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 Illinois State since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies 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 studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

General Studies

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 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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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