Liberal Arts General Studies at Saint Louis University

What traits are you looking for in a liberal arts school? To help you decide if Saint Louis University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal arts program.

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 12,229. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from SLU.

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.

SLU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SLU

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? SLU offers distance education options for liberal arts at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SLU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at SLU 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.

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from SLU Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SLU is $32,599. This is 1% higher than $32,253, which is the national average for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SLU

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

SLU Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal arts only graduates about 35% men each year. The program at SLU may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 35% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal arts at SLU are white. Around 55% 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 Saint Louis University with a associate's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SLU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from SLU. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at SLU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Saint Louis University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SLU 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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis 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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.