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Humanities & Social Sciences Majors: Facts

  • According to two major studies, liberal arts majors get promoted faster and tend to rise higher on the organizational charts than engineering, and business majors hired at the same organization at the same time.
  • Between 40%-60% of all CEOs majored in the liberal arts as undergrads.
  • One quarter of the people employed by high tech companies do NOT have technical degrees.

What do these college graduates have in common?

  • Bank officer
  • Stock market analyst
  • Music therapist
  • Director of senior citizens' center
  • Field archaeologist
  • XML developer
They were all French majors in college!
from How to Get a Job With Any Major, Donald Asher, Ten Speed Press, 2004.

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