This page contains key outcome data for the Art History and Criticism Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: Liberal Arts
- Average Income: $44,000 (Rank: 119 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $24,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.30% (Rank: 115 of 171)
- Percent Female: 85.2%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 29.4%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 7.8%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 5.1%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 77 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 5.56% (Average Income: $35,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 5.10% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 4.93% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Designers: 4.46% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 3.63% (Average Income: $34,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.62% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 3.32% (Average Income: $54,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.42%
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 2.05% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.98% (Average Income: $23,000)
- Office and administrative support workers, : 1.86% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Receptionists and Information Clerks: 1.80% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Meeting and Convention Planners: 1.80% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.63% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians: 1.63% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Cashiers: 1.52% (Average Income: $13,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 1.50% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.08% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.07% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Artists and Related Workers: 1.06% (Average Income: $35,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 1.03% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 1.01% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Office Clerks, General: 0.97% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks: 0.96% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Childcare Workers: 0.91% (Average Income: $22,000)
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