Liberal Arts at Portland State University

Every liberal arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal studies program at Portland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 23,640.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Portland State University Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Portland State University Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at Portland State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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 Studies Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Portland State University 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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	145
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Related Majors

• Individualized Studies

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.