by our College Data Analytics TeamLiberal Arts General Studies is a major offered under the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program of study at Howard Community College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate 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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Strengthen your communication and critical-thinking skills with this online associate in liberal arts degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at HCC paid an average of $292 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $239 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,453 | $7,884 |
| Fees | $765 | $765 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,400 | $2,400 |
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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 associate degree at HCC took out an average of $11,000 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $11,188.
The median early career salary of liberal arts students who receive their associate degree from HCC is $26,208 per year. That is 10% higher than the national average of $23,781.
Online degrees for the HCC 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 HCC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 60.2% of the liberal arts students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 63.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in liberal arts at HCC in 2019-2020, 52.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 86 |
| Black or African American | 186 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 311 |
| International Students | 51 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 75 |
Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts | 221 |
| General Studies | 590 |
*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.
