• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Home
  • About
    • About Current
    • Masthead
  • Podcasts
  • Blogs
    • The Way of Improvement Leads Home
    • The Arena
  • Reviews
  • Membership
  • Log In
  • Manage Your Account
  • Member Assistance Request
  • Way of Improvement
  • About John
  • Vita
  • Books
  • Speaking
  • Media Requests

What Do Liberal Arts Majors Get Paid?

John Fea   |  May 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

The National Association of Colleges and Employers just released these statistics for the class of 2014.  You can read the full report here.

Starting salaries for Class of 2014 liberal arts majors

MajorStarting Salary
Foreign Languages and Literatures$46,900
English Language and Literature Letters$42,200
Liberal Arts and Sciences/General Studies$41,600
Political Science/Government$41,600
History$40,600
Psychology$37,900
Social Work$36,700
Sociology$36,300
Visual and Performing Arts$36,300
Criminal Justice and Corrections$36,200
Source: April 2014 Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers. All data are for bachelor’s degree graduates.

– See more here.

RECOMMENDED READING

The president of a new conservative organization of Christian colleges misrepresents those Christian schools who did not join his group Default ThumbnailWhy Jonathan Haidt is resigning from his professional society What is going on at Grove City College? How the Party of the College Educated Became the Party Opposed to College

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: job market

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Footer

Contact Forms

General Inquiries
Pitch Us
  • Manage Your Account
  • Member Assistance Request

Search

Subscribe via Email



Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide
Subscribe via Email


Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide