I think you're confusing "liberal arts" with "humanities." Math and science are liberal arts, though engineering is not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_

I think you're confusing "liberal arts" with "humanities." Math and science are liberal arts, though engineering is not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education Humanities students do indeed go on to earn less, but the differences are much more slight than stereotypes would have you think. They also narrow as people progress in their careers: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/05/new-data-what-humanities-majors-earn https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/05/new-data-what... There are indeed too many PhDs minted in the humanities, but I'd say this also applies to pretty much every field other than, perhaps, CS. Times are pretty tight for bench and social sciences as well.