Liberal Arts General Studies at SUNY New Paltz

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

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and approximately 7,489 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from SUNY New Paltz.

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.

SUNY New Paltz Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

SUNY New Paltz Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY New Paltz performed in these rankings.

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 SUNY New Paltz 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 Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	540

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY New Paltz, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at SUNY New Paltz 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 SUNY New Paltz with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SUNY New Paltz 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 NY, the home state for SUNY New Paltz.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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 crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.