Liberal Arts General Studies at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and approximately 7,267 students attend the school each year.

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.

Northwest Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Northwest Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Northwest 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 Northwest

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

Northwest Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Northwest since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Northwest Missouri State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts	6
General Studies	5

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 Northwest Missouri 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
• Image Credit: By poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.