by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Stony Brook University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in liberal arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at SUNY Stony Brook paid an average of $963 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $471 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 | $11,310 | $23,100 |
| Fees | $2,483 | $2,483 |
The median early career salary of liberal arts students who receive their master’s degree from SUNY Stony Brook is $68,499 per year. That is 44% higher than the national average of $47,422.
Online degrees for the SUNY Stony Brook 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 SUNY Stony Brook Online Learning page.
About 64.6% of the students who received their MA in liberal arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in liberal arts at SUNY Stony Brook in 2019-2020, 20.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 29%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 48 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Liberal Arts General Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts | 65 |
*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.
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