Liberal Arts General Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying liberal arts general studies, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received their master's degree in liberal arts.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

The liberal arts program at Columbia awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in liberal arts each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a liberal arts master's degree from Columbia, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.