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Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg MA in Liberal Arts General Studies

The main focus area for this major is Humanities. 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 Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in liberal arts, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State Harrisburg MA in Liberal Arts

#188 in the U.S
#12 in Pennsylvania

Each year, College Factual produces its Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. To determine the school's rank, we look at objective measures, such as post-graduation earnings, student and faculty diversity, and accumulated student debt.

On the 2021 list, Penn State Harrisburg was ranked #188 out of 782 schools in the country for this major at the master's level. It is also ranked #12 in Pennsylvania.

How Much Does a Master’s in Liberal Arts from Penn State Harrisburg Cost?

$22,784 Average Tuition and Fees

Penn State Harrisburg Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time graduate students at Penn State Harrisburg paid an average of $1,197 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $908 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $21,792 $28,718
Fees $992 $992

Does Penn State Harrisburg Offer an Online MA in Liberal Arts?

Online degrees for the Penn State Harrisburg liberal arts master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State Harrisburg Online Learning page.

Penn State Harrisburg Master’s Student Diversity for Liberal Arts

5 Master's Degrees Awarded
40.0% Women
There were 5 master’s degrees in liberal arts awarded during the 2018-2019 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in liberal arts in 2018-2019, 40.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 62.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a master’s degree at Penn State Harrisburg in liberal arts at 2018-2019, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

MA in Liberal Arts Focus Areas at Penn State Harrisburg

Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Humanities 5

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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