In my observation, it is very hard for a humanities major at a non-elite university to get a good job outside of sales. You can get away with majoring in histo

In my observation, it is very hard for a humanities major at a non-elite university to get a good job outside of sales. You can get away with majoring in history at Princeton, but don't expect a good job with the same degree from Fordham. In terms of usefulness, I do find they help a lot in combination with practical degrees. Philosophy on it's own - not so useful. Philosophy with Computer Science - now you have someone who understand logic and linguistic processing. English on it's own - useless. English and Accounting - now you have someone can explain complex jargon-riddled Accounting statements in plain English.