What Can You Do with a Degree in the Humanities and Arts?

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The top four skills employers find most important when evaluating candidates — communication, critical thinking, professionalism and teamwork — are developed and honed in the humanities and the arts.

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We are leading innovations in health through our Program in Medical Humanities and Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute, which have close ties to the Texas Medical Center and provide numerous research opportunities for students.

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We are generating sustainable futures by forging thriving relationships through our recently expanded Center for Environmental Studies with partners in Houston and the Gulf Coast to prepare students as leaders in the fields of climate change and sustainability.

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We are pioneering responsible AI by developing curricular offerings on the topics of tech ethics, AI ethics, and technology, ethics and values.

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Medical and health professions emphasize humanities training for future physicians and health professionals, and some have even opened accelerated admissions programs for students with humanities backgrounds. The School of Humanities partners with McGovern Medical School in the Texas Medical Center in offering an accelerated acceptance program for six Humanities majors each year?

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Students who major in history, English, philosophy and classics or who minor in our Program in Politics, Law and Social Thought have higher chances of admission to top-ranked law schools because of their intensive training in research, critical interpretation and critical writing.

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The interpretive, investigative and synthetic skills acquired in humanities research are highly valued by employers in consulting, marketing and business.

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Students who pursue language study or cultural immersion through area studies or study abroad gain fluencies and flexibilities that are highly valued by employers.

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The fields of science and engineering increasingly contend with ethical and moral dilemmas and controversies that shape professional and research practices.

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Combined majors and minors in the creative arts and technology offer cutting-edge preparation for careers in tech.

Top areas of continued study for School of Humanities graduates:
 

  1. Law
  2. Medicine
  3. Philosophy
  4. Tie: Accounting, Divinity, History, Public Health, Sociology
  5. Tie: Business, International Relations, Journalism, Linguistics


 

Top industries for School of Humanities graduates:
 

  1. Management Consulting
  2. Education, Training and Library Occupations
  3. Internet and Software
  4. Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media
  5. K-12 Education



Top employers for School of Humanities graduates:
 

  1. Teach for America
  2. Accenture
  3. Tie: Deloitte and Peace Corps
  4. Meta
  5. Tie: Bain and Company, Houston Independent School District, Rice University, YES Prep

    Top graduate schools for School of Humanities graduates:
     

    1. Rice University
    2. Baylor College of Medicine
    3. Columbia University
    4. Tie: University of Houston, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Duke University
    5. Tie: Cornell University, Georgetown University, Northwestern University, Harvard University, New York University

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