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Pennsylvania State University - University Park BA in Liberal Arts General Studies

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 Pennsylvania State University - University Park. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in liberal arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State University Park BA in Liberal Arts

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. The liberal arts major at Penn State University Park is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State University Park.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Liberal Arts General Studies Graduates 114
Most Popular Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies 1,555
Most Focused Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies 2,008

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts from Penn State University Park Cost?

$18,450 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$25,312 Average Student Debt

Penn State University Park Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Penn State University Park paid an average of $1,437 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $726 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $17,416 $34,480
Fees $1,034 $1,034
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840
On Campus Room and Board $11,884 $11,884
On Campus Other Expenses $4,788 $4,788

Learn more about Penn State University Park tuition and fees.

Penn State University Park Liberal Arts BA Student Debt

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 bachelor’s degree at Penn State University Park in Liberal Arts walked away with an average of $25,312 in student debt. That is 7% higher than the national average of $23,628.

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How Much Can You Make With a BA in Liberal Arts From Penn State University Park?

$32,300 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

liberal arts who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State University Park make an average of $32,300 a year during the early days of their career. That is 5% higher than the national average of $30,751.

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Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online BA in Liberal Arts?

Penn State University Park does not offer an online option for its liberal arts bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State University Park Online Learning page.

Penn State University Park Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Liberal Arts

8 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
75.0% Women
37.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 8 students received their bachelor’s degree in liberal arts. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 75.0% of the liberal arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 37.5% of liberal arts bachelor’s degree recipients at Penn State University Park in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 37%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

BA in Liberal Arts Focus Areas at Penn State University Park

Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts 8

References

*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.

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