General Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham

What traits are you looking for in a general studies school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general studies program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563.

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

UAB General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies

UAB General Studies Rankings

The general studies major at UAB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

General Studies Student Demographics at UAB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general studies majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

UAB General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of general studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical general studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	42
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Individualized Studies

Careers That General Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Professors	3,180	$36,330

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.