Liberal Arts General Studies is a major offered under the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program of study at Southern New Hampshire University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in liberal arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. SNHU is in the top 10% of the country for liberal arts. More specifically it was ranked #76 out of 1,259 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in New Hampshire.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at SNHU was $320 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,600 | $9,600 |
Fees | $50 | $50 |
Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,800 | $12,800 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $6,824 | $6,824 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Liberal Arts students who received their bachelor’s degree at SNHU took out an average of $27,556 in student loans. That is 17% higher than the national average of $23,628.
liberal arts who receive their bachelor’s degree from SNHU make an average of $48,634 a year during the early days of their career. That is 58% higher than the national average of $30,751.
Online degrees for the SNHU liberal arts bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SNHU Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 2019-2020, 52.2% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 64.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 28.0% of the liberal arts bachelor’s degrees at SNHU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 17 |
Black or African American | 99 |
Hispanic or Latino | 79 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 |
White | 496 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 96 |
Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Studies | 798 |
Individualized Studies | 5 |
*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.