The State of the Humanities: Higher Education 2015
Median Number of College Credits Earned in Selected Subjects by 2008 Graduates, by Student Major
![Median Number of College Credits Earned in Selected Subjects by 2008 Graduates, by Student Major Median Number of College Credits Earned in Selected Subjects by 2008 Graduates, by Student Major](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_1x/public/media/images/HigherEd2015-11.png.webp?itok=Wy_VnIi7)
There are relatively few data about the role of humanities instruction for students majoring in other fields, but an occasional study by the Department of Education indicates the humanities play a greater role than their share among undergraduate majors might suggest. The most recent data, which sampled students graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 2008, found that students were earning a larger percentage of course credits in the humanities (a median of 22% of all credits earned) than the field’s share of all undergraduate degree recipients (12%).