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Liberal Arts at Western Illinois University

Liberal Arts at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,490.

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.

WIU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

WIU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies at WIU 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 Illinois University with a bachelor's in liberal studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Professors 3,040 $66,970

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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