Liberal Arts General Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and approximately 5,109 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,289 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2021, 18 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.

SUNY Plattsburgh Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

SUNY Plattsburgh Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at SUNY Plattsburgh 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
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Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	386
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Earnings of SUNY Plattsburgh Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Plattsburgh is $27,354. This is less than $32,253, which is the national average of all liberal arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts General Studies from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2020-2021, 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 SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY Plattsburgh 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 Plattsburgh.

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.