“The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think something that can’t be learned from textbooks.”
Liberal Arts degree aims to “develop well-rounded individuals with general knowledge of a wide range of subjects and with mastery of a range of transferable skills.”
Liberal Arts has been a well sought after degree abroad and with its wide acceptance across all industries, it has now started gaining popularity in India as well. The wide variety of career options that come with the course is just one of the many reasons why Liberal arts is chosen by many students these days.
Research from The Hamilton Project found that liberal arts majors transition into a surprising variety of occupations, holding a more diverse range of jobs than most other majors’ students did. The Liberal Arts program is, therefore, not just innovative and evolving but also suited for the ever-changing world.
The benefits offered by a Liberal Arts degree include:
- Exposure to ideas and topics that range from art to science and math. This exposure prepares students for a range of professions
- Wide variety of subjects to be studied as per the skill set and the interest of the student
- More career choices and the ability to make informed choices for the students who are into the degree of Liberal Arts
- Students gather the necessary transferable skills to adapt to changing workplace which makes the degree more appealing to the employers
- Liberal Arts degree extends beyond academics; it emphasizes more upon skills that help the graduates to become valuable community members
- It helps students develop a well-rounded personality, strong academic skills, and the ability to apply knowledge for both personal development and career enhancement
This Degree emphasizes soft skills, or talents that are harder to quantify — such as effective communication, strong writing, critical thinking, creativity and emotional intelligence — rather than hard skills, like the ability to perform open-heart surgery or Python programming.
‘CNBC Make It’ analyzed occupational data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to find jobs that pay a premium for liberal arts grads’ skills and require a bachelor’s degree to obtain. All of these jobs offer median yearly salaries of at least $55,000 — that’s more than $12,500 higher than what liberal arts majors’ typical salaries, according to Glassdoor.
Popular Career options for a Liberal Arts graduate include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Financial Analysis
- Design
- Journalism
- Publishing
- Entrepreneurship
- Corporate Communications
- Marketing
Colleges offering this course include:
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
- Symbiosis University
- Ashoka University
- Flames University
- Krea University
- Benett University
- Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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