the challenge of career diversity for humanities phds
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The Humanities Indicators
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The Data Graveyard
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Estimated Number of Postsecondary Faculty, 1999 to 2015
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Distribution of Four-Year College Faculty by Tenure Status, Fall 2012
Linguistics
Classical Studies
Folklore
History
Art History
Musicology
Philosophy
Religion
English
Lang. and Lit. other than English
Communication
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Tenured Faculty
Tenure-Track Faculty (Not Yet Tenured)
Non-Tenure-Track, Full-Time
Non-Tenure-Track, Part-time
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Number of Jobs Advertised with Humanities Disciplinary Societies
2000
–01
2001
–02
2002
–03
2003
–04
2004
–05
2005
–06
2006
–07
2007
–08
2008
-09
2009
-10
2010
-11
2011
-12
2012
-13
2013
-14
2014
-150
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
English
Lang. Other than English
History
Philosophy*
Religion
Classical Studies
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Occupational Distribution of Doctoral Degree Holders, 2013
Other**
Service
Sales
Office & Admin. Support
Sciences & Engineering
Management
Library & Museum
Legal
Healthcare
Education—Other
Education—Postsecondary Teaching
Education—Precollegiate Teaching
Computer
Community & Social Services
Business & Financial Operations
Arts, Design, Entertainment, & Media
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
HumanitiesAll Fields
Share of Employed Ph.D.'sin Occupation (%)
Man
agem
ent &
Pro
fess
iona
l
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Share of Doctoral Degree Holders in Postsecondary Teaching
Humanities
Arts
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Business
Education
Engineering
Health & Medical Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
All Fields
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Percent
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Share of Master’s/Professional Degree Holders in Postsecondary Teaching
Humanities
Arts
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Business
Education
Engineering
Health & Medical Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
All Fields
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Percent
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Share of Doctoral Degree Holders in Science and Engineering
Humanities
Arts
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Business
Education
Engineering
Health & Medical Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
All Fields
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Percent
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Share of Doctoral Degree Holders in Management and Other Education Positions
Humanities
Arts
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Business
Education
Engineering
Health & Medical Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
All Fields
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Education—Other
Management
Percent
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Two Distributions from the Humanities—Majors and PhDs
Other**
Service
Sales
Office & Admin. Support
Sciences & Engineering
Management
Library & Museum
Legal
Healthcare
Education—Other
Education—Postsecondary Teaching
Education—Precollegiate Teaching
Computer
Community & Social Services
Business & Financial Operations
Arts, Design, Entertainment, & Media
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
Humanities Majors with a PhD in any Field
Humanities PhDs with Undergraduate Degree in Any Field
Share of All Employed PhDsin Occupation (%)
Man
agem
ent &
Pro
fess
iona
l
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Median Annual Earnings of Full-Time Workers with a Doctoral Degree, by Field, 2013
Engine
ering
Physic
al Scie
nces
Busine
ss
Behav
ioral
& Soc
ial S
cienc
es
All Fiel
ds
Educa
tion
Health
& M
edica
l Scie
nces
**
Life S
cienc
es
Human
ities
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
Dol
lars
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Median Annual Earnings of Full-Time Workers with a Doctoral Degree, by Field and Gender, 2013
Engine
ering
Physic
al Scie
nces
Busine
ss
Behav
ioral
& Soc
ial S
cienc
es
All Fiel
ds
Educa
tion
Health
& M
edica
l Scie
nces
**
Life S
cienc
es
Human
ities
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
Men Women
Dol
lars
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Median Annual Earnings of Full-Time Workers with a Doctoral Degree, by Field and Gender, 2013
Humanities
Health & Medical Sciences**
Life Sciences
Education
All Fields
Behavioral Sciences
Business
Physical Sciences
Engineering
0 25,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 125,000 150,000 175,000 200,000 225,000 250,000
Median
75th Percentile
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Annual Earnings (Thousands of Dollars)
Humanities
All Fields
The broken black line indicates the median earnings of humani-ties Ph.D.'s.
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Debt Accumulated in Graduate Studies by New PhDs
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Education
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Humanities
All Fields
Life Sciences
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Cons
tant
201
4 Do
llars
Humanities Indicators, 2016 · American Academy of Arts & Sci-ences
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Primary Funding Source for Doctoral Studies, 2014 Cohort
Humanities Behavioral & Social Sciences
Education Engineering Life Sciences Physical Sciences
All Fields0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Teaching Assist-antships
Grants (including Fel-lowships)
Own Resources
Research Assist-antships/ Trainee-ships
Employer
Field
Perc
ent (
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Next Questions• The connection between occupation and salary
• Parsing two- and four-year college employment
• Contingent faculty
• Levels of job satisfaction in particular sectors
• Age cohorts (25 to 34, 35 to 44, 55 to 64, 65 to 74)
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