Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. Of the 7,697 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021, 55 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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.

UMGC Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

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? UMGC offers distance education options for liberal arts at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at UMGC 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 Online Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49

Earnings of UMGC Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $26,897. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal arts only graduates about 35% men each year. The program at UMGC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 26% more women than average.

UMGC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal arts graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland Global Campus with a associate's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	130
Black or African American	501
Hispanic or Latino	543
White	893
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	422

UMGC Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from UMGC. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UMGC 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.