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Liberal Arts General Studies at Northwest-Shoals Community College

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Liberal Arts General Studies at Northwest-Shoals Community College

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

NW-SCC is located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and has a total student population of 3,360.

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.

NW-SCC Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Liberal Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at NW-SCC

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? NW-SCC offers distance education options for liberal arts at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

NW-SCC Liberal Arts General Studies 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.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at NW-SCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at Northwest-Shoals Community College.

NW-SCC Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

71% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal arts at NW-SCC are white. Around 84% 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 Northwest-Shoals Community College with a associate's in liberal arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 203
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 AL, the home state for Northwest-Shoals Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Professors 3,180 $36,330

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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