Liberal Arts at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 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.

WSU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Online Classes Are Available at WSU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WSU offers distance education options for liberal studies at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WSU Liberal Arts Rankings

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal studies at WSU are white. Around 51% 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 Wichita State University with a associate's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WSU Liberal Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of liberal studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in liberal studies each year. WSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

In the liberal studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• General 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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS

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 Hrududu under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.