Between 1987 (the first year for which data are available by detailed disciplinary classification) and 2007, the shares of all humanities bachelor’s degrees produced by the different humanities disciplines changed little. (For an inventory of the specific degree programs included in the broad disciplinary categories of the humanities accounted for in this indicator, see the NSF and CIP Discipline Code Catalog.) In 2007, English degrees represented the greatest share, amounting to almost one-third of humanities bachelor’s degrees (Figure II-2). Archeology awarded the smallest share, 0.1%. At 2%, the share of all humanities degrees awarded in ethnic/gender/cultural studies was also quite small. Apparently, although scholarly activity in these subject areas increased over the period, students doing work in them continued to receive their degrees in more traditional humanities disciplines, such as history and English.

Figure II-2, Full Size Supporting Data

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