Liberal Arts General Studies at Iowa State University

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Iowa State Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Iowa 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.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

33% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical liberal arts 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 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.

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 General Studies

If you plan to be a liberal arts 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	80

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 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
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