The 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 Montgomery County Community 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 Montco paid an average of $499 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $345 per credit hour. 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 | $8,640 | $12,960 |
Fees | $1,710 | $2,010 |
Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
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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 Montco took out an average of $13,363 in student loans. That is 19% higher than the national average of $11,188.
liberal arts who receive their associate degree from Montco make an average of $26,836 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% higher than the national average of $23,781.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the liberal arts associate degree program at Montco. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Montco Online Learning page.
About 60.3% of the students who received their AA in liberal arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 63.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in liberal arts at Montco in 2019-2020, 29.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 46%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 17 |
Black or African American | 46 |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 238 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 36 |
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 | 380 |
*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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