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Liberal Arts General Studies at Western Carolina University

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Liberal Arts General Studies at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,501 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Carolina University in 2021, 13 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.

WCU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

WCU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at WCU 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 WCU

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

WCU Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from WCU. About 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

WCU 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Professors 5,220 $70,590

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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