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Disciplinary Distribution of Bachelor’s Degrees in the Humanities

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The distribution of humanities degree completions among disciplines has changed over the years, as new disciplines emerged and (in recent years) the number of degrees conferred in some of the larger disciplines started to fall.

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* Excludes humanities degrees earned as “second majors.” For data on such degrees, see “Humanities Bachelor’s Degrees as a Second Major.”
** Values for the disciplines included in this category are provided in a supporting table.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Integrated Postsecondary Data System. Data analyzed and presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

See the Note on the Data Used to Calculate Humanities Degree Counts and Shares.

For an inventory of the specific degree programs that compose each of the humanities disciplines as they are conceptualized by the Humanities Indicators, see the Degree Program Code Catalog.

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* Excludes humanities degrees earned as “second majors.” For data on such degrees, see “Humanities Bachelor’s Degrees as a Second Major.”

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Integrated Postsecondary Data System. Data analyzed and presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

See the Note on the Data Used to Calculate Humanities Degree Counts and Shares.

For an inventory of the specific degree programs that compose each of the humanities disciplines as they are conceptualized by the Humanities Indicators, see the Degree Program Code Catalog.

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