Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study liberal arts general studies, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from UK.

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.

UK Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

UK Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at UK 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	204

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

The liberal arts program at UK awarded 56 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UK 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Professors	890	$50,500

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.