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General Studies at West Virginia University

General Studies at West Virginia University

58% Women (Bachelor's)
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)
115 Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan to study general studies, take a look at what West Virginia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269.

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.

WVU General Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies

WVU General Studies Rankings

The general studies major at WVU 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 WVU

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

WVU General Studies Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
9% 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 WVU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general studies at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in general studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 102
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Professors 120 $67,490

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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