Liberal Arts General Studies at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 35 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from Michigan 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.

Michigan State Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Michigan State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Michigan State offers distance education options for liberal arts at the following degree levels:

Michigan State Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Michigan 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 Michigan State

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

Michigan State Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Michigan State. About 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Michigan 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Michigan 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.