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Humanities

Social and Behavioral

Sciences

Natural Sciences and Math

Computer Sciences and Engineering

8%

Education

Health

Other*

Business

Communications

8%

16%

16%

5%

21%

11%

9%

6%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2013

Percentage Distribution of Undergraduate Bachelors Degrees by Major (2011-2012)

* Includes Agriculture and natural resources; Architecture and related services; Family and consumer sciences/human sciences; public, social and military services/technologies; Legal professions and studies; and unclassified.

$40,000

$30,000

$20,000

$10,000

$0

1970 1975 1 990 1 995 2000 2005 20101980

Creeping Upwards:Average Cost of Tuition, Fees, Room and Board

at American Colleges and Universities (1965-2013)

AverageCost

of Tuition,Fees, Roomand Board

Private Colleges and Universities

Public Colleges and Universities

All Institutions

1985

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

1965

Correlation between higher education spending per capita, unemployment rate, and GDP per capita of some world countries (2010)

North America

Europe

South America

Africa

Asia

Middle East

Oceania

USAUSAUSA

CanadaCanadaCanadaDenmarkDenmarkDenmark

UKGermanyGermany

FranceFrance

Japan

ItalyItalyItaly

NewZealand

South Korea

IsraelIsraelIsraelChile

Mexico

0 $7,500 $15,000 $22,500 $30,0000%

4%

8%

12%

16%

Higher Education Spending as percent of GDP per capita ($)

Un

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ent

(% o

f to

tal l

abor

for

ce)

Relative size of bubbles correlates to GDP per capita for that country.

Source: The World Bank, 2010

$0

$10K

$20K

$30K

$40K

$50K

$60K

$70K

Master's or higher degree

Bachelor's degreeBachelor's or higher degree

Associate's degreeSome college no degreeHigh school completion

Less than high school completion

1995 2000 2oo2 2o05 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Education and EarningsMedian annual earnings of full-time year-round workers 25 to 34 years old and full-time year-round workers as a percentage of the labor force, by sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment: Selected years, 1995 through 2012.

Source: National Center for Education and Statistics, 2013

30%

Student Debt and Marriage Age


Unmarried nodependent children

Unmarried withdependent children

Married nodependent children

Married withdependent children

$0 $1-11,599 $1,600-1,999 $20,000-34,999 $35,000 or more

10%

20%

60%

50%

40%

80%

70%

90%

100%

0%

A longitudinal study followed 2008 college graduates, charting the amount of their 2009 student debt with their marital/family status in 2012

26%

25%

4%

45%53%

5%

21%

21% 18%

21%

5%

56%

23% 22%

18%17%

7% 10%

50%52%

Student Debt in 2009

MaritalStatus

in 2012

10%

3%

5%

8%

14%

2%

11%

18%

25%

4%

8%

2%

1%

11%

2%

33%

24%

22%

Don't Know/No Answer

Other

Jewish

Atheist

No Religion

Mormon/Other Christians

Evangelical Christian

Catholic

Non-Evangelical Christian

Relative Distributions of Religious Orientations among University Faculty versus the General Public (2007)

University Faculty General Public

Source: Tobin and Weinberg, Institute for Jewish & Community Research, 2007

Political Ideology of Liberal Arts Professors:Democrat to Republican Ratios

Anthropology

Economics

English

History

Philosophy

Political Science

Sociology

= 1 professor

Source: Cardoff & Klein, Critical Review, 2005

517

557

561

559

587

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Business

Humanities

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Natural Sciences

Engineering

Graduate School Admission Test (GRE) Mean Score by Field of Undergraduate Study (high of 680)

7.53

8.33

8.30

8.83

9.00

9.20

0 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

Specialized Health Sciences

Biological Sciences


Humanities

Physical Sciences

Math and Statistics

Medical School Admission Test (MCAT) Mean Score by Field of Undergraduate Study (high of 45)

Humanities Majors Test Scores as compared with other Majors (2009)

152.11

155.37

155.92

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160


Humanities

Engineering, Math, and Natural Sciences

Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Mean Score by Field of Undergraduate Study (high of 180)

Source: Humanities Indicators, 2010.

Job Satisfaction 10 Years After Graduation

= 10%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Source: Humanities Indicators, 2013.

College Attainment by State (201 0)College graduates as a Percentage of Adult Population within States

30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 25%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, 2012

College Attainment Goals 2020College Graduates as a Percentage of Adult Population within States under No Child Left Behind towards a national goal of 60%.

30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 25%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, 2012

43% 64%32%38%White College

Enrollment Rate Black College

Enrollment Rate Hispanic CollegeEnrollment Rate

Asian CollegeEnrollment Rate

38% 31%49%60%White CollegeDropout Rate

Black CollegeDropout Rate

Hispanic CollegeDropout Rate

Asian CollegeDropout Rate

College Enrollment and Dropouts by Race (2010)


References

Figure 1 - Percent Distribution of Undergraduate Bachelor’s Degrees by Major

National Center for Education Statistics. 2012. “Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's

degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study: Selected years, 1970-

71 through 2011-12.” http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_318.20.asp.

(Accessed on December 18, 2014).

Figure 2 - Creeping Tuition Costs

U.S. Census Bureau. 2013. “Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board

rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by

level and control of institution: 1963-64 through 2012-13.”

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_330.10.asp. (Accessed on

December 19, 2014).

Figure 3 - Higher Education Spending, GDP per Capita, and Unemployment

The World Bank. 2010. “GDP per capita, PPP (current international $).” International

Comparison Program. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD.

(Accessed on December 1, 2014)

The World Bank. 2010. “Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per person).”

World Development Indicators.

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS. (Accessed December 19,

2014).

The World Bank. 2010. “Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO

estimate).” World Development Indicators.

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. (Accessed December 18, 2014).

Figure 4 - Education and Earnings

National Center for Education Statistics. 2012. “Median annual earnings of full-time

year-round workers 25 to 34 years old and full-time year-round workers as a percentage

of the labor force, by sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment: Selected years,

1995 through 2012.” http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_502.30.asp.

(Accessed on December 6, 2014).

Figure 5 - Student Debt and Marriage Age

National Center for Education Statistics. 2008. “Baccalaureate and Beyond Study:

2008-2012” http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/b&b/. (Accessed on December 8, 2014).

Figure 6 – Professors’ Religion

Gary A. Tobin and Aryeh K. Weinberg. 2007. “Volume II: Religious Beliefs Behavior Of

College Faculty.” Institute for Jewish & Community Research.

http://www.jewishresearch.org/PDFs2/FacultyReligion07.pdf. (Accessed December 18,

2014).

Figure 7 - Liberal Arts Professors: Democrat to Republican Ratios

Christopher F. Cardiff and Daniel B. Klein. 2005. “Faculty Partisan Affiliations In All

Disciplines: A Voter-Registration Study.” Critical Review.

http://www.criticalreview.com/2004/pdfs/cardiff_klein.pdf. (Accessed December 18,

2014).

Figure 8 - Humanities Major Scores

Humanities Indicators. 2009. “Medical College Admission Test Examinees’ Fields of

Undergraduate Study, 1991–2009.”

http://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatordoc.aspx?i=299. (Accessed

December 19, 2014)

Humanities Indicators. 2009. “Law School Admission Test Mean Score,* by Examinee’s

Field of Undergraduate Study, 1996–2009.”


December 19, 2014)

Humanities Indicators. 2009. “Graduate Management Admission Test Examinees’

Fields of Undergraduate Study, 2000–2009.”


December 19, 2014)

Figure 9 - Job Satisfaction

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Longitudinal Study” (1993 Cohort), 2003.

http://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatorDoc.aspx?i=293. (Accessed on

December 19, 2014).

Figure 10 - College Attainment 2010

US Department of Education. 2012. “New State-by-State College Attainment Numbers

Show Progress Toward 2020 Goal.” http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-state-

state-college-attainment-numbers-show-progress-toward-2020-goal. (Accessed on

December 3, 2014).

Figure 11 - College Attainment 2020 Projected

US Department of Education. 2012. “New State-by-State College Attainment Numbers

Show Progress Towards 2020 Goal.” http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-

state-state-college-attainment-numbers-show-progress-toward-2020-goal. (Accessed

on December 4, 2014). Took the median of the range of estimates for each state.

National Center for Education Statistics. 2012. “Bachelor's degrees conferred by

postsecondary institutions, by field of study: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2011-12.”

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_322.10.asp. (Accessed on

December 19, 2014).

Figure 12 - College Enrollment and Dropouts by Race

National Center for Education Statistics. 2010. “Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds

enrolled in degree-granting institutions, by level of institution and sex and

race/ethnicity of student: 1967 through 2012.”

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_302.60.asp.

National Center for Education Statistics. 2010. “National Six-Year Graduation Rates of

Bachelor’s Degree–Seeking Students by Race/Ethnicity, 2010.” Graduation and

Institutional Characteristics Survey.

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/advocacy/policycenter/college-

completion-agenda-2012-progress-report.pdf . (Accessed on December 19, 2014).

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