Liberal Arts at South Texas College

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

South Texas College is located in McAllen, Texas and approximately 28,233 students attend the school each year.

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.

South Texas College Liberal Arts Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Online Classes Are Available at South Texas College

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.

South Texas College does offer online education options in liberal studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

South Texas College Liberal Arts Rankings

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at South Texas College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal studies majors at South Texas College.

South Texas College Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

58% Women

97% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal studies only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at South Texas College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

South Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal studies graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	316
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

General 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 TX, the home state for South Texas College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Professors	3,510	$61,660

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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