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 Gulf Coast State College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in liberal arts, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at GCSC paid an average of $360 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $99 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,750 | $7,064 |
| Fees | $620 | $1,569 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,056 | $1,056 |
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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. Students who received their associate degree at GCSC in Liberal Arts walked away with an average of $8,500 in student debt. That is 24% lower than the national average of $11,188.
The median early career salary of liberal arts students who receive their associate degree from GCSC is $23,403 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $23,781.
Online degrees for the GCSC liberal arts associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GCSC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 62.8% 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 GCSC in 2019-2020, 23.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 11 |
| Black or African American | 40 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 3 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 352 |
| International Students | 8 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 33 |
Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts | 479 |
*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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