{"id":1564,"date":"2015-07-15T01:37:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T08:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addison.lwh.dev\/insights\/can-liberal-arts-grads-find-jobs-after-graduation\/"},"modified":"2015-07-15T01:37:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T08:37:30","slug":"can-liberal-arts-grads-find-jobs-after-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addisongroup.com\/insights\/can-liberal-arts-grads-find-jobs-after-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Liberal Arts Grads Find Jobs After Graduation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We hear a lot about the importance of majoring in science, \ntechnology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in college, but a new \nstudy provides some reassurance for liberal arts and humanities \ngraduates as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to results of a new study by the National Association of \nColleges and Employers (NACE), three in five liberal arts bachelor\u2019s \ndegree graduates (60.5 percent) from the Class of 2014 landed full-time \njobs or a place in graduate school within six months of graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the study, 42.2 percent of liberal arts and humanities \ngraduates were in full-time positions while 18.3 percent were in \ngraduate or professional school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Graduate and Professional School Popular Choices<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The results are in line with overall outcomes of the survey, which \nfound that two-thirds of the class had a full-time job or was accepted \ninto graduate or professional school within the same time period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the employment\/graduate school mix differs between liberal arts grads and the class as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberal arts and humanities graduates were more likely to pursue an \nadvanced degree than the class overall (18.3 percent versus 16.4 \npercent), and less likely to have a full-time job (42.2 percent versus \n55.4 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Many Grads Go Onto Further Education <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the liberal arts disciplines, the preference for further \neducation is more striking: Philosophy (27.8 percent), foreign languages\n (25.1 percent), history (24 percent), area studies (21.5 percent), \nliberal arts\/general studies (21.2 percent), and English majors (19.8 \npercent) all exceeded the overall average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NACE\u2019s Class of 2014 First-Destination Survey is the first national \nsurvey focused on outcomes of new college graduates.&nbsp; It represents the \ninaugural survey in what is planned to be an annual initiative to \nprovide clear, concise, and consistent data on the outcomes associated \nwith a college education on a national scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 207 colleges and universities nationwide, representing \n274,000 graduates \u2014 including more than one-quarter of a million \nbachelor\u2019s degree graduates \u2014 provided data for Class of 2014 associate \nand bachelor\u2019s degree graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Study Provides Data On Broad Disciplines and Majors<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Data were reported for nearly 175,000 bachelor\u2019s degree graduates, \nmaking this study the most comprehensive view of bachelor\u2019s degree \noutcomes available. The study provides data for 31 broad disciplines and\n 190 majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning with the Class of 2015, the survey will include outcomes data for advanced-degree graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Class of 2015 survey, which will gather information for those \ngraduating July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, is currently underway. \nData will be collected through December 31, 2015, reported to NACE \nthrough March 2016, and published in spring 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1956, NACE has been the leading source of information about the employment of college graduates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hear a lot about the importance of majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in college, but 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