Liberal Arts at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year.

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.

UPenn Liberal Arts Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UPenn

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.

UPenn does offer online education options in liberal studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

UPenn Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at UPenn 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 UPenn

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

UPenn Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 UPenn since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UPenn Liberal Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of liberal studies master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in liberal studies each year. UPenn does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Humanities
• Individualized Studies

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.