Liberal Arts General Studies at San Diego State University

If you plan to study liberal arts general studies, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. In 2021, 237 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from SDSU.

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.

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at SDSU 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.

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in liberal arts from SDSU. This makes it the #52 most popular school for liberal arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from SDSU Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $25,662. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 237 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SDSU, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	125
White	72
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

The liberal arts program at SDSU awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 89% of these degrees went to men with the other 11% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in liberal arts each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 53% more men than average.

Of the students who received a liberal arts master's degree from SDSU, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SDSU 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.