Liberal Arts General Studies at Northern State University

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

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and approximately 3,431 students attend the school each year. Of the 254 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern State University in 2021, 5 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.

NSU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NSU does offer online courses in liberal arts for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

NSU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at NSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NSU 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 Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	347
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	481
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	1,081

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NSU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts General Studies from NSU in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 45% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NSU 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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD

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.