Humanities

=== Education and employment ===
For many decades, there has been a growing public perception that a humanities education inadequately prepares graduates for employment.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hersh|first=Richard H.|date=1997-03-01|title=Intention and Perceptions A National Survey of Public Attitudes Toward Liberal Arts Education|journal=Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning|volume=29|issue=2|pages=16–23|doi=10.1080/00091389709603100|issn=0009-1383}}</ref> The common belief is that graduates from such programs face underemployment and incomes too low for a humanities education to be worth the investment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/03/27/hooray_for_worthless_education/|title=Hooray for "worthless" education!|last=Williams|first=Mary Elizabeth|website=Salon|date=27 March 2014|access-date=2017-02-28}}</ref>

Humanities graduates find employment in a wide variety of management and professional occupations. In Britain, for example, over 11,000 humanities majors found employment in the following occupations:
* Education (25.8%)
* Management (19.8%)
* Media/Literature/Arts (11.4%)
* Law (11.3%)
* Finance (10.4%)
* Civil service (5.8%)
* Not-for-profit (5.2%)
* Marketing (2.3%)
* Medicine (1.7%)
* Other (6.4%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://torch.ox.ac.uk/sites/torch/files/publications/Humanities%20Graduates%20and%20the%20British%20Economy%20-%20University%20of%20Oxford.pdf|title=Humanities graduates and the British economy: The hidden impact|last=Kreager|first=Philip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506125120/http://torch.ox.ac.uk/sites/torch/files/publications/Humanities%20Graduates%20and%20the%20British%20Economy%20-%20University%20of%20Oxford.pdf|archive-date=2018-05-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Many humanities graduates may find themselves with no specific career goals upon graduation, which can lead to lower incomes in the early stages of their career. On the other hand, graduates from more career-oriented programs often find jobs more quickly. However, the long-term career prospects of humanities graduates may be similar to those of other graduates, as research shows that by five years after graduation, they generally find a career path that appeals to them.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Koc|first=Edwin W|year=2010|title=The Liberal Arts Graduate College Hiring Market|url=https://canvas.wisc.edu/files/77515/download?download_frd=1&verifier=yadEsAdLKIQpRNLKXPwePhZh1jVmeqF7AInh8qDc|journal=National Association of Colleges and Employers|pages=14–21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008155.pdf|title=Ten Years After College: Comparing the Employment Experiences of 1992–93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients With Academic and Career Oriented Majors}}</ref>

There is empirical evidence that graduates from humanities programs earn less than graduates from other university programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-626-x/11-626-x2014040-eng.htm|title=The Cumulative Earnings of Postsecondary Graduates Over 20 Years: Results by Field of Study|date=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatordoc.aspx?i=64|title=Earnings of Humanities Majors with a Terminal Bachelor's Degree}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/career_earnings_by_college_major/|title=Career earnings by college major}}</ref> However, the empirical evidence also shows that humanities graduates still earn notably higher incomes than workers with no postsecondary education, and have job satisfaction levels comparable to their peers from other fields.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The State of the Humanities 2018: Graduates in the Workforce & Beyond|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=5–6, 12, 19}}</ref> Humanities graduates also earn more as their careers progress; ten years after graduation, the income difference between humanities graduates and graduates from other university programs is no longer statistically significant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Adamuti-Trache |first=Maria |display-authors=etal |year=2006 |title=The Labour Market Value of Liberal Arts and Applied Education Programs: Evidence from British Columbia |url=http://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/article/view/183539/183484 |journal=Canadian Journal of Higher Education |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=49–74 |doi=10.47678/cjhe.v36i2.183539 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Humanities graduates can boost their incomes if they obtain advanced or professional degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatordoc.aspx?i=10777|title=Boost in Median Annual Earnings Associated with Obtaining an Advanced Degree, by Gender and Field of Undergraduate Degree}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatordoc.aspx?i=10780|title=Earnings of Humanities Majors with an Advanced Degree}}</ref>