Liberal Arts General Studies at SUNY Old Westbury

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

SUNY Old Westbury is located in Old Westbury, New York and approximately 5,007 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from SUNY Old Westbury.

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 Old Westbury Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

SUNY Old Westbury Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at SUNY Old Westbury 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 SUNY Old Westbury 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	294
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	332

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in liberal arts from SUNY Old Westbury. This makes it the #90 most popular school for liberal arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SUNY Old Westbury

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

SUNY Old Westbury Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from SUNY Old Westbury. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Old Westbury since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Old Westbury Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

The liberal arts program at SUNY Old Westbury awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in liberal arts each year. SUNY Old Westbury does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 65% more men than average.

In the liberal arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Old Westbury with a master's in liberal arts.

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

SUNY Old Westbury 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 Old Westbury.

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

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