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Liberal Arts General Studies at Wilkes University

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Liberal Arts General Studies at Wilkes University

Every liberal arts general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts program at Wilkes University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781. Of the 562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2021, 80 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.

Wilkes Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Wilkes Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Wilkes performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at Wilkes 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 132

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 68
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Wilkes 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 PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA

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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