Liberal Arts General Studies at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 44 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest.

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.

Purdue Northwest Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Purdue Northwest Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at Purdue 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,170
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,504

Earnings of Purdue Northwest Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue Northwest is $33,347. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Purdue 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue Northwest 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN

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.