California contains 271 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. University of California-Los Angeles, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in CA, has a total student population of 38,550 and is the 7th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 271 liberal arts and humanities schools in California, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Santa Clara University comes out as the most expensive ($35,245/yr), with California State University-Fullerton as the lowest recorded at only $4,874/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from California schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the California alone, there are 300 employed mathematicians earning an average yearly salary of $108,410. Education teachers in this state earn $80,490/yr and there are 4,980 employed.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in California, the average student population is 4,206 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 18354 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,230 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,817, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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