Liberal Arts General Studies at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 2021, 130 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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.

SCSU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

SCSU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at SCSU 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 SCSU 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
	219
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,045

Earnings of SCSU Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SCSU is $31,951. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 130 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts General Studies from SCSU in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at SCSU 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	90
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SCSU 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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.