Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Liberal Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies

UT Austin Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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.

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal studies majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical liberal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	68
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Austin Liberal Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in liberal studies each year. UT Austin does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a liberal studies master's degree from UT Austin, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in liberal studies.

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

Related Majors

• Humanities
• Individualized Studies

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Professors	3,510	$61,660

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.