Liberal Arts at Murray State University

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

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Murray State Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Murray 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? Murray State offers distance education options for liberal studies at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Murray State Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at Murray State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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 Studies Student Demographics at Murray State

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

Murray State Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal studies only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Murray State may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal studies at Murray State are white. Around 77% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Murray State Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Murray 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Studies

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Professors	890	$50,500

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.