by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Liberal Arts. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Liberal Arts General Studies is a major offered under the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program of study at Bakersfield College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in liberal arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Bakersfield College paid an average of $283 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $46 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,380 | $9,870 |
| Fees | $38 | $38 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,080 | $1,080 |
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Bakersfield College does not offer an online option for its liberal arts associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Bakersfield College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.1% of the liberal arts students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 63.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in liberal arts at Bakersfield College in 2019-2020, 82.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 81 |
| Black or African American | 65 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,260 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 4 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 320 |
| International Students | 9 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 83 |
Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts | 1,823 |
*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.
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