Liberal Arts General Studies is a major offered under the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program of study at Harvard University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in liberal arts, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for liberal arts majors, Harvard came in at #14. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #3 in Massachusetts.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Harvard paid an average of $1,552 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $49,653 | $49,653 |
Fees | $4,315 | $4,315 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,389 | $18,389 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,600 | $2,600 |
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Online degrees for the Harvard 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 Harvard Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.7% of the liberal arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 32.4% of the liberal arts bachelor’s degrees at Harvard in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Liberal Arts | 4 |
Humanities | 30 |
*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.