Liberal Arts at University of Kansas

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying liberal arts, you may want to check out the program at University of Kansas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744.

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.

KU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at KU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? KU offers distance education options for liberal studies at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

KU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at KU 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 KU

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

KU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

42% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 KU since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at KU 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 Kansas with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Humanities

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS

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
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