Liberal Arts General Studies at Peirce College

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

Peirce is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,046. In 2021, 24 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from Peirce.

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.

Peirce Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Peirce

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.

Peirce does offer online education options in liberal arts for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Peirce Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Peirce 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 Peirce 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	1,170
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	1,203

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Peirce

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

Peirce Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Peirce does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal arts graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Peirce Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Peirce. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Peirce since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Peirce College with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Peirce 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 PA, the home state for Peirce College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA

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 BotMultichillT under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.