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College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin

Departments

1,144 courses taught in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

College of Liberal Arts departments
DepartmentPeopleCourses
Department of African and African Diaspora StudiesAFR, RIM, YOR60 people69
Department of Air Force ScienceAFS5 people9
Department of American StudiesAMS, URB32 people18
Department of AnthropologyANT, S S59 people47
Department of Asian StudiesANS, CHI, HIN, JPN, KOR, MAL, SAN, URD49 people92
Department of ClassicsAHC, C C, GK, LAT44 people37
Department of EconomicsECO72 people46
Department of EnglishAAS, C L, CRW, E, LAH, T C121 people99
Department of French and ItalianF C, FR, ITC, ITL44 people41
Department of Geography and the EnvironmentGRG, SUS29 people36
Department of Germanic StudiesDAN, DCH, EUS, GER, GSD, INF, J S, NOR, YID75 people79
Department of GovernmentCTI, GOV, IRG, REE100 people101
Department of HistoryHIS82 people78
Department of LinguisticsASL, LIN39 people28
Department of Mexican American and Latino/a StudiesLAL, MAS27 people27
Department of Middle Eastern StudiesARA, HEB, MES, PRS, TUR36 people37
Department of Naval ScienceN S6 people9
Department of PhilosophyPHL, PPE56 people54
Department of PsychologyPSY94 people55
Department of Religious StudiesR S30 people31
Department of Rhetoric and WritingHDO, RHE, WRT77 people14
Department of Slavic and Eurasian StudiesBCM, CZ, POL, RUS23 people27
Department of SociologyH S, L A, NSC, SOC, UGS94 people62
Department of Spanish and PortugueseILA, LAS, POR, PRC, SPC, SPN91 people55
Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality StudiesWGS37 people12
Bachelor’s degrees44 programs
Master’s degrees32 programs
Doctoral degrees25 programs
Pay after graduationUp to $126,600
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
EconomicsMaster’s · Economics, Economics$84,100$126,600
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral · Clinical psychology$78,300$94,300
EconomicsBachelor’s · Economics, Economics$65,100$89,400
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor’s · Government$49,200$76,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor’s · Humanities$54,300$73,100
PhilosophyBachelor’s · Philosophy—$71,800
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor’s · Rhetoric and writing$49,300$68,300
Geography and CartographyBachelor’s · Geographical sciences$49,100$62,400
SociologyBachelor’s · Sociology$43,200$58,800
Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor’s · French studies, Italian studies, Spanish$52,500$58,700
Area StudiesMaster’s · American studies, Asian studies, Latin American studies and 2 more$58,300—
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesBachelor’s · African and African diaspora studies, Mexican American and Latina/o studies, Women's and gender studies$41,500$57,300
Area StudiesBachelor’s · Asian studies, European studies, Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies and 3 more$39,900$57,000
HistoryBachelor’s · History$42,200$56,900
Psychology, GeneralBachelor’s · Psychology, Psychology$38,000$56,800
Urban Studies/AffairsBachelor’s · Urban studies$55,200—
Sustainability StudiesBachelor’s · Sustainability studies$41,700$54,400
AnthropologyBachelor’s · Anthropology$39,900$48,500

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

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