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digital humanities and textual studies

Types of Degrees digital humanities and textual studies Majors Are Earning

Students pursuing digital humanities and textual studies have the option of earning degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Associate’s Degree	25
Bachelor’s Degree	30
Master’s Degree	73

What digital humanities and textual studies Majors Need to Know

Coursework for digital humanities and textual studies emphasize a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that digital humanities and textual studies graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

This major prepares you for careers needing digital humanities and textual studies emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• History and Archeology — Importance 3.6 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.6 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Administration and Management — Importance 3.4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 3.4 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

The skill set developed in a digital humanities and textual studies program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to digital humanities and textual studies careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, digital humanities and textual studies graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Getting Information	4.4 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.3 / 7
Working with Computers	4.2 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.2 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.2 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	4.2 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.2 / 7
Thinking Creatively	4.1 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.1 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by digital humanities and textual studies professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	✓
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Word processing software	Word processing software	—
Adobe Illustrator	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
Adobe Photoshop	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
Microsoft Access	Data base user interface and query software	—
Adobe Acrobat	Document management software	—
FileMaker Pro	Data base user interface and query software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for digital humanities and textual studies graduates include:

• Assistant Professor
• Lecturer
• Associate Professor
• Faculty Member
• Instructor
• Teacher
• Adjunct Instructor
• Registrar
• College Professor
• University Faculty Member
• College Faculty Member
• Adjunct Professor
• Professor
• Humanities Professor
• Field Collector

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to digital humanities and textual studies graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Master’s degree	41.8%
Doctoral degree	27.5%
Bachelor’s degree	15.4%
Post-baccalaureate certificate	3.6%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	2.4%
Post-master’s certificate	2.1%
Less than a high school diploma	2.0%
Some college courses	1.7%
High school diploma or equivalent	1.5%
Post-doctoral training	1.0%
Postsecondary certificate	1.0%
First professional degree	0.1%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Who Is Earning a Degree in digital humanities and textual studies?

Gender Distribution

This field skews predominantly female, with women earning 69.5% of digital humanities and textual studies degrees.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	89	69.5%
Men	39	30.5%

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the national level, the racial-ethnic distribution of digital humanities and textual studies graduates is as follows:

Race / Ethnicity	Graduates	Share
White	77	60.2%
Asian	9	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20	15.6%
Black or African American	7	5.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native	1	0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	2	1.6%
Two or More Races	6	4.7%
Race Unknown	3	2.3%
International Students	3	2.3%

^{See minority definition below.}

Online digital humanities and textual studies Programs

Fully online options is reported by IPEDS for digital humanities and textual studies. The table below shows how many graduates earned at least some of their coursework online (Distance-Ed Available) versus completing the entire program online (Distance-Ed Only).

Award Level	Distance-Ed Available	Distance-Ed Only
Bachelor’s	1	1

^{Distance-Ed Only = degrees completed entirely online; Distance-Ed Available = degrees including at least some online coursework. Source: IPEDS Completions by Distance Education status.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Multi Interdisciplinary Studies	30
Accounting and Computer Science	30.16
Anthrozoology	30.34
Behavioral Sciences	30.17
Biological and Physical Sciences	30.01
Biopsychology	30.10
Classical and Ancient Studies	30.22
Climate Science	30.35
Cognitive Science	30.25
Computational Science	30.30
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature	30.36
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	30.26

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.