Liberal Arts General Studies at Northern Arizona University

If you are interested in studying liberal arts general studies, you may want to check out the program at Northern Arizona University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 498 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from NAU.

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.

NAU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

NAU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at NAU 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 Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,163

Earnings of NAU Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $35,678. This is 11% higher than $32,253, which is the national average for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 498 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NAU, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	165
White	265
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

NAU 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Professors	1,820	$68,880

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.