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The State of the Humanities 2018: Graduates in the Workforce & Beyond

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This report, based largely on original research commissioned by the American Academy’s Humanities Indicators, examines a broader range of measures about holders of four-year bachelor’s degrees, including graduates’ satisfaction with their jobs, finances, and lives generally. (An updated version of this report is now available.)

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Introduction

A Note on Interpreting the Information

Earnings Comparison: Workers with a Terminal Bachelor’s Degree (by Field) Versus Those Without a Four-Year Degree, 2015

Earnings of Workers with a Bachelor’s Degree, by Highest Degree and Field of Bachelor’s, 2015

Gender Earnings Gap among Workers with at Least a Bachelor’s Degree, by Highest Degree and Field of Bachelor’s, 2015

The Effect of Work Experience on the Relative Earnings of Humanities Graduates: Comparing the Earnings Gap for Younger Workers with That for Older Workers, 2015

Amount Borrowed by Bachelor’s Degree Holders to Finance Undergraduate Education, by Age and Field of Bachelor’s Degree, 2015

Bachelor’s Degree Holders’ Financial Satisfaction, by Field of Bachelor’s Degree, 2014

Unemployment among Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Holders, by Highest Degree and Age, 2013 and 2015

Unemployment among Bachelor’s Degree Holders, by Highest Degree and Field of Bachelor’s, 2015

Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Holders’ Satisfaction with Various Aspects of Their Principal Job (Compared with All Bachelor’s Holders), 2015

Occupational Distribution of Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Holders, by Highest Degree, 2015

Percentage and Number of Workers with a Humanities Bachelor’s Degree, by Occupation, 2015

Activities Engaged in as Part of Principal Job by Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Holders (as Compared to All Bachelor’s Degree Holders), 2015

Employer Ratings of Four-Year College Graduates Entering Workforce on Readiness in Certain “Basic” Skills, 2006

Bachelor’s Degree Holders’ Perception of Relationship between Job and Degree, 2015

Bachelor’s Degree Holders Indicating They Are “Very” or “Somewhat” Satisfied with Their Job, by Highest Degree and Field of Bachelor’s, 2015

Bachelor’s Degree Holders’ Job Satisfaction, by Field of Bachelor’s Degree, 2014

Bachelor’s Degree Holders Who Agree That “At Work, I Have the Opportunity to Do What I Do Best Every Day,” by Graduation Cohort and Field of Bachelor’s Degree, 2014

Bachelor’s Degree Holders’ Satisfaction with Aspects of Their Principal Job, by Field of Bachelor’s Degree, 2015

Satisfaction of Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Holders with Aspects of Their Principal Job, by Highest Degree, 2015

“My Best Possible Life”: Bachelor’s Degree Holders’ Belief in Attainment, by Field of Degree and Point in Time, 2014

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