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State of the Humanities 2022: From Graduate Education to the Workforce

Work Activities on Which Terminal Master’s Degree Holders in the Humanities Spend at Least 10% of Their Time, 2019

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Work Activities on Which Terminal Master’s Degree Holders in the Humanities Spend at Least 10% of Their Time, 201928


Because the master’s degree can be oriented toward a variety of careers, it is perhaps unsurprising that those who hold the degree reported spending at least 10% of their work week engaging in a wide array of activities. Relative to all master’s degree recipients, those who hold the degree in the humanities were substantially more likely to engage in managing/supervising, teaching, sales/marketing, and human resources activities. They were considerably less likely, however, than master’s degree holders in general to engage in activities related to the design of equipment, processes, structures, and models; computer programming; and production, operations, and maintenance.29

Endnotes

  • 28Development is defined by the data collector as “using knowledge gained from research for the production of materials and devices.â€
  • 29National Science Foundation, National Survey of College Graduates.