Graph from the AAC&U’s 2014 report “Liberal Arts Graduates and Employment: Setting the Record Straight.”     

Myths. Busted. Some Myths Are Hard To Bust MYTH: You can see the Great Wall of China from space. MYTH: Napoleon was short. MYTH: A degree in the humanities or social sciences won’t get you a job—certainly not a good job. Astronomers can show us what we can see from space, and historians can tell…

Please note: The chart below uses 2013 ACS data, a one-year survey.  For somewhat less recent data, but with a larger sample size, see similar statistics drawn from 2010-12 ACS data, which aggregates three years of surveys.  In addition, that data collects specific occupations with samples sizes too small to be statistically reliable as “all…

Salary rankings from The Economic Value of College Majors, by Anthony P. Carnevale Ban Cheah Andrew R. Hanson (Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce, 2015), 148-52.  Download the full report  

  The Hamilton Project: Career Earnings By College Major