The Financial and Emotional Values of ANDing
Owners of liberal-arts degrees relish healthy earnings growth, year by year.
Here’s a snapshot of the median individual income by years, post-graduation.
$76,295
One Year
FY2023-2024
$103,064
Five Years
FY2019-2020
$127,784
Ten Years
FY2014-2015
The gratification liberal arts degree recipients gain goes beyond keeping a stable bank account. Graduates report high levels psychological well-being while engaging heavily in civics and politics.Ìý
On top of this, the combination of curricular breadth, disciplinary depth, expert engagement, diverse communities, and experiential learning propels graduates to think across boundaries, work with different perspectives, and continue learning attributes that become invaluable as work and society become more complex.
It’s flexibility that matters here. Skills in the liberal arts and sciences lean on critical thinking, communication, and lifelong learning to apply as industries, technologies and jobs evolve rapidly. Adapting is so much easier.Ìý