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>For those asking, of the other 51 students, the most common use for their MFA is teaching... in MFA programs This was thrown in at the end of the thread. I i
by slg 5y ago
>For those asking, of the other 51 students, the most common use for their MFA is teaching... in MFA programs
This was thrown in at the end of the thread. I imagine this is true for a wide variety of postgraduate degrees outside the STEM, law, medicine, and business. For example, what percentage of people with a masters in art history use that degree outside of teaching art history?
- EamonnMR 5y agoFor something like art history though, is that really so bad? Isn't the mission of history to keep history alive generation after generation?
- mabub24 5y agoA lot of humanities disciplines in grad school are quite explicit about preparing students for one thing: scholarship. The end goal is tenure-track research positions. They're not industry focused at all, though that is changing in recent years with the adjunct crisis really starting to hit quite a high note. I will say though, that I know a lot of people with MAs in Art History who work in museums, galleries, art dealers and markets, conservation and restoration projects. The experience in research and scholarship is useful for museums and other art institutions. I imagine every modern curator has a grad degree in art or art history.