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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. WCUPA was ranked #140 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for liberal arts majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #6 in Pennsylvania.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at WCUPA paid an average of $805 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $322 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 | $7,716 | $19,290 |
Fees | $2,707 | $2,957 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,978 | $13,978 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,520 | $2,520 |
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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 WCUPA took out an average of $26,072 in student loans. That is 10% higher than the national average of $23,628.
The median early career salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor’s degree from WCUPA is $34,567 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $30,751.
WCUPA 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 WCUPA Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 2019-2020, 63.4% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.7%.
Around 34.2% of liberal arts bachelor’s degree recipients at WCUPA 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 | 1 |
Black or African American | 29 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 104 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 12 |
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 | 161 |
*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.