General Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450.

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.

UL Lafayette General Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UL Lafayette

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

Bachelor’s Degree

UL Lafayette General Studies Rankings

The general studies major at UL Lafayette 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 UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette General Studies Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of general studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% 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 UL Lafayette since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general studies at UL Lafayette 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in general studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	119
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	180
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA

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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