Liberal Arts General Studies at Missouri Southern State University

Every liberal arts general studies 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 program at Missouri Southern State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and has a total student population of 5,045. Of the 933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Southern State University in 2021, 90 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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.

Missouri Southern Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Missouri Southern Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Missouri Southern performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at Missouri Southern 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
	280
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,147

Earnings of Missouri Southern Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Missouri Southern is $29,462. 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 Missouri Southern

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

Missouri Southern Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 90 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Missouri Southern, about 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Missouri Southern since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Missouri Southern 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 Missouri Southern State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	63
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Missouri Southern 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 MO, the home state for Missouri Southern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO

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.