A Liberal Arts degree provides graduates with skills applicable to a broad range of careers, especially where their creative, analytical, problem-solving and research skills are highly valued.

Data obtained from

• Single honours Liberal Arts courses (BA), inlcuding those with study abroad
• Graduates from the UK

Responses were received from 23 UK graduates from 2010/20; this is a response rate of 59%

Destinations

Most important activity	Percentage of graduates
Paid work for an employer	78.3%
Self-employment/freelancing	0%
Running my own business	4.3%
Developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio	0%
Voluntary/unpaid work for an employer	0%
Engaged in a course of study, training or research	4.3%
Taking time out to travel	0%
Caring for someone	0%
Retired	0%
Unemployed and looking for work	13%
Doing something else	0%

Employers and occupations

Examples of exmployers

• BNP Paribas
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• McCann World Group
• HMRC

Examples of occupations

• Communications Intern
• Policy Advisor
• Teaching Assistant
• Community Manager

Further Study

Qualification type	Percentage of graduates
Higher degree, mainly by research (e.g. PhD, DPhil, MPhil, MRes)	0%
Higher degree, mainly by taught course (e.g. MA, MSc, MBA)	60%
Postgraduate diploma or certificate (including PGCE/PGDE)	0%
Professional qualification	20%
Undergraduate degree (including integrated master’s degrees) (e.g. BA, BSc, MBChB, MEng)	0%
Other undergraduate diploma or certificate not specified above	0%
Other qualification	0%
Not aiming for a formal qualification	0%