Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 30,318. In 2021, 218 liberal arts majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa.

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.

Iowa Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Iowa Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Iowa performed in these rankings.

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 Iowa 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	41
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179

Earnings of Iowa Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa is $38,648. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 218 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts General Studies from Iowa in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Iowa 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 University of Iowa with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	147
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Iowa 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Professors	2,250	$71,300

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.