Liberal Arts General Studies at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

Excelsior College Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Excelsior College offers distance education options for liberal arts at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Liberal Arts General Studies from Excelsior College in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in liberal arts each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

In the liberal arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a master's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Excelsior College.

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.