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Highest ROI Humanities Majors

Top 50 Humanities college majors by ROI percentile

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 U. of Minnesota - Crookston Individualized Studies 19 88% $106,536 100 +4.72 98 100% 3.9% 16% 68% 0% 21% 0% 0% — — — —
2 U. of Pennsylvania Philosophy 16 5% $118,547 100 +4.30 97 93% — 69% 56% 0% 6% 6% 19% 1500 1530 1560 70%
3 U. of Pennsylvania Philosophy, Politics and Economics 183 5% $118,547 100 +5.87 97 93% — 49% 52% 21% 4% 9% 8% 1500 1530 1560 70%
4 Yale Special Divisional Major 117 3% $120,173 100 +6.02 97 100% — 32% 37% 20% 18% 8% 7% 1480 1520 1560 92%
5 Boston College Philosophy 27 14% $117,590 100 +4.23 96 94% — 67% 63% 7% 4% 15% 4% 1440 1490 1540 45%
6 Brigham Young Spanish 31 68% $91,455 100 +2.98 95 78% — 55% 87% 0% 0% 10% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
7 Georgetown Liberal Studies 33 14% $115,247 100 +5.55 95 84% — 61% 21% 0% 21% 24% 9% 1400 1470 1530 100%
8 Lehigh Interdisciplinary Studies 24 29% $112,405 100 +5.28 94 93% — 33% 67% 8% 17% 0% 0% 1380 1430 1480 43%
9 Dartmouth Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 17 6% $106,607 100 +3.77 92 100% — 29% 29% 29% 6% 18% 12% 1440 1500 1550 100%
10 U. of Rhode Island German 15 75% $94,289 100 +3.23 92 94% — 73% 80% 0% 0% 7% 0% 1090 1200 1310 24%
11 Dartmouth History 57 6% $105,659 100 +4.76 91 100% — 63% 63% 7% 7% 9% 5% 1440 1500 1550 100%
12 James Madison Science, Technology and Society 61 69% $91,010 97 +2.23 91 99% — 79% 70% 3% 7% 10% 0% 1180 1260 1330 19%
13 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Christian Ministry 22 100% $84,119 100 +4.10 91 — — 86% 86% 0% 5% 5% 0% 1000 1130 1250 47%
14 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 36 16% $105,999 100 +4.66 91 93% — 58% 72% 8% 6% 3% 3% 1370 1460 1530 73%
15 Yale Classics 10 3% $105,981 100 +4.79 91 — — 60% 60% 10% 0% 10% 10% 1480 1520 1560 92%
16 Drexel Interdisciplinary Studies 10 79% $102,800 99 +4.36 90 97% 4.4% 80% 0% 40% 20% 20% 0% 1240 1340 1440 39%
17 Pennsylvania Western Arabic 15 94% $83,295 99 +2.25 90 — — 47% 73% 0% 13% 7% 7% 940 1040 1140 24%
18 Yale History 121 3% $103,902 99 +4.59 90 87% — 42% 52% 12% 8% 13% 5% 1480 1520 1560 92%
19 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Philosophy 29 30% $87,204 96 +1.94 90 94% — 48% 48% 14% 3% 24% 0% 1240 1330 1420 23%
20 Champlain Liberal Studies 18 59% $93,967 99 +3.51 89 94% 2.2% 28% 56% 6% 11% 6% 0% 1220 1300 1380 17%
21 U. of North Dakota General Studies 111 82% $81,434 97 +2.31 88 96% 6.6% 32% 86% 1% 5% 3% 3% — — — —
22 Brigham Young Biblical Languages 18 68% $75,628 95 +1.57 88 84% — 72% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
23 Brigham Young Arabic 12 68% $75,628 95 +1.57 88 84% — 58% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
24 United States Naval Academy History 62 9% $70,451 92 +1.32 87 — — 77% 73% 2% 2% 16% 0% 1210 1310 1410 100%
25 Amherst History 25 8% $98,995 99 +4.11 87 100% — 60% 48% 12% 20% 4% 8% 1470 1510 1540 56%
26 Hobart William Smith Colleges History 10 67% $95,109 99 +3.73 87 100% — 80% 80% 0% 10% 0% 0% 1190 1290 1380 29%
27 U. of Colorado Boulder Philosophy 49 71% $88,212 97 +2.02 86 94% — 53% 65% 6% 0% 16% 2% 1130 1250 1370 33%
28 Clemson Foreign Languages 42 42% $87,975 100 +2.67 86 96% — 26% 55% 0% 7% 21% 2% 1250 1330 1400 57%
29 U. of Texas at Austin Plan II 164 27% $87,959 98 +2.94 86 86% — 48% 63% 9% 1% 22% 2% 1320 1450 1530 74%
30 U. of Texas at Austin Liberal Arts 142 27% $87,959 98 +2.94 86 86% — 39% 45% 23% 2% 23% 2% 1320 1450 1530 74%
31 Stanford Science, Technology, and Society 74 4% $94,556 99 +2.50 86 91% — 47% 32% 16% 18% 16% 7% 1520 1550 1570 77%
32 Yale Philosophy 21 3% $97,226 99 +2.70 85 — — 48% 48% 5% 10% 19% 10% 1480 1520 1560 92%
33 Wellesley Women's Studies 10 15% $94,421 100 +4.68 85 90% — 0% 40% 10% 0% 10% 10% 1460 1500 1540 62%
34 U. of Rhode Island Chinese 15 75% $83,184 99 +2.24 85 82% — 13% 27% 40% 13% 0% 7% 1090 1200 1310 24%
35 Northwestern Philosophy 16 8% $96,914 99 +2.67 85 — — 56% 19% 6% 6% 31% 19% 1520 1540 1560 73%
36 U. of Chicago Liberal Arts 20 5% $97,643 99 +3.86 85 94% — 50% 70% 5% 5% 5% 10% 1500 1530 1560 82%
37 CUNY Bernard M Baruch History 12 48% $73,149 93 +1.58 85 95% — 58% 42% 17% 8% 25% 0% 1100 1260 1400 12%
38 U. of Hawaii - West Oahu Interdisciplinary Studies 45 95% $75,635 95 +1.76 85 92% 3.3% 53% 7% 36% 2% 24% 0% 930 1020 1100 55%
39 Brigham Young American Studies 16 68% $71,488 82 +0.97 84 87% — 38% 88% 0% 0% 6% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
40 Southern Methodist Individualized Studies in the Liberal Arts 31 48% $96,934 99 +3.80 84 100% — 52% 58% 3% 3% 26% 6% 1340 1420 1490 25%
41 United States Naval Academy Chinese 11 9% $66,722 81 +0.77 84 — — 45% 45% 27% 9% 9% 0% 1210 1310 1410 100%
42 U. of Maryland, College Park Interdisciplinary Studies 12 45% $83,744 98 +2.53 84 94% — 33% 42% 0% 25% 8% 0% 1410 1470 1520 44%
43 Northeastern State Interdisciplinary Studies 27 99% $76,163 95 +1.81 83 98% 5.7% 26% 48% 0% 4% 11% 0% 860 1000 1140 77%
44 U. of Missouri Area Studies 46 77% $83,034 97 +1.89 83 98% — 39% 54% 9% 2% 20% 2% 1150 1240 1330 76%
45 United States Military Academy Philosophy 14 12% $64,814 67 +0.25 83 — — 64% 71% 7% 21% 0% 0% 1200 1320 1430 100%
46 United States Naval Academy English 58 9% $65,064 95 +1.54 83 — — 41% 55% 2% 10% 14% 0% 1210 1310 1410 100%
47 Williams History 30 9% $95,228 99 +3.74 83 93% — 60% 60% 10% 7% 17% 3% 1490 1520 1550 61%
48 Virginia Tech Modern Languages and Literatures 59 64% $79,577 100 +3.31 82 94% — 37% 76% 2% 3% 5% 0% 1270 1360 1440 50%
49 Binghamton Interdisciplinary Studies 151 37% $76,816 95 +1.87 82 94% — 45% 63% 11% 4% 11% 1% 1320 1400 1480 52%
50 Cal State East Bay Ethnic Studies 47 75% $71,500 82 +0.98 82 94% 3.7% 23% 6% 6% 21% 57% 0% — — — —