Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 75 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from UH.

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.

UH Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

UH Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at UH 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 UH 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
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	922

Earnings of UH Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $27,382. 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 UH

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

UH Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 75 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH, about 23% were men and 77% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 University of Houston with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UH 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.