Liberal Arts General Studies at Lamar University

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

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and approximately 16,637 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 164 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Lamar University.

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.

Lamar University Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Lamar University Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at Lamar University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Lamar University 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
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from Lamar University Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lamar University is $29,764. This is less than $32,253, which is the national average of all liberal arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Lamar University

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

Lamar University Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

The liberal arts program at Lamar University awarded 164 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	87
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lamar University 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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Professors	3,510	$61,660

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.