Liberal Arts General Studies at Mississippi State University

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

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986.

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.

Mississippi State Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Mississippi State Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Mississippi 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 Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 Mississippi State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
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 Mississippi State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Studies	82
Liberal Arts	2

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.