A new study finds that humanities majors are similar to graduates from almost every other field with respect to perceived well-being, even though they tend to earn less and have slightly higher levels of unemployment than business majors and graduates from some STEM fields.

A wide-ranging new report on the state of graduate education in the humanities details some of the key challenges facing the field, as well as the opportunities for those who earn master’s and doctoral degrees in the humanities.

To inform discussions of the future of undergraduate education in the United States, and the role of financial aid within it, this paper provides an overview of undergraduate financial aid—its motivations, its moving parts, and its controversies.

This report, based largely on original research commissioned by the American Academy’s Humanities Indicators, examines a broader range of measures about holders of four-year bachelor’s degrees, including graduates’ satisfaction with their jobs, finances, and lives generally. (An update of this report was published in 2022.)

This report proposes practical and actionable solutions for strengthening the student educational experience, increasing completion rates, and increasing affordability.