Liberal Arts General Studies at San Diego State University

What traits are you looking for in a liberal arts school? To help you decide if San Diego State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal arts program.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. 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.

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in liberal arts from SDSU in 2021, 89% were men and 11% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in liberal arts each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 50% more men than average.

Of the students who received a liberal arts master's degree from SDSU, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the liberal arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.