tag: Postsecondary Employment Outcomes
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        			September 19, 2025
			Beyond the Barista Myth
Where Liberal Arts Graduates Actually Work
                    When people discuss the value of a liberal arts degree, one stereotype often emerges: the humanities graduate working at a coffee shop. This trope is widely used, but it does not reflect the evidence. In reality, graduates with liberal arts degrees, as we define them, are employed across nearly every sector of the economy, and in jobs at all levels of earnings.