Liberal Arts General Studies at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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.

USD Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

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

USD Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at USD 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.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal arts only graduates about 37% men each year. The program at USD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal arts at USD are white. Around 72% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USD Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts General Studies

Liberal Arts General Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Dakota. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Studies	72

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.