Liberal Arts General Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366. Of the 2,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 58 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.

SIUC Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SIUC does offer online courses in liberal arts for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at SIUC 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 Online Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	324
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1,102

Earnings of SIUC Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $27,026. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from SIUC. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at SIUC 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 Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SIUC 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Professors	3,040	$66,970

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.