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 University of North Carolina at Asheville. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in liberal arts, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UNCA was ranked #679 on College Factual's Best Schools for liberal arts list. It is also ranked #26 in North Carolina.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UNCA was $895 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $172 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 | $4,122 | $21,470 |
Fees | $3,122 | $3,122 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,950 | $9,950 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,464 | $2,464 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Liberal Arts students who received their bachelor’s degree at UNCA took out an average of $19,462 in student loans. That is 18% lower than the national average of $23,628.
The median early career salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UNCA is $28,598 per year. That is 7% lower than the national average of $30,751.
Online degrees for the UNCA 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 UNCA Online Learning page.
About 63.2% of the students who received their BA in liberal arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.7%.
Around 31.6% of liberal arts bachelor’s degree recipients at UNCA in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 13 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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 | 19 |
*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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