Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Iowa State University

Every liberal arts / sciences & humanities school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts / sciences & humanities program at Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 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.

Iowa State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

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

Iowa State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences & humanities major at Iowa State 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 Iowa State

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

Iowa State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% 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 Iowa State since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities at Iowa 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	42
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

If you plan to be a liberal arts / sciences & humanities major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts General Studies	80

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Professors	2,250	$71,300

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.