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digital humanities

Types of Degrees digital humanities Majors Are Earning

People majoring in digital humanities may pursue degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Associate’s Degree	25
Bachelor’s Degree	28
Master’s Degree	73

What digital humanities Majors Need to Know

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

Knowledge Areas

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

• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.6 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• History and Archeology — Importance 3.6 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Administration and Management — Importance 3.4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 3.3 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.

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

Skills

Skills built by a digital humanities 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 4.2 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Abilities

Abilities most relevant to digital humanities 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 graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Getting Information	4.4 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.3 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.2 / 7
Working with Computers	4.2 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	4.2 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	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 professionals:

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

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for digital humanities graduates include:

• Assistant Professor
• Associate Professor
• Lecturer
• Faculty Member
• Adjunct Instructor
• Teacher
• Instructor
• Humanities Professor
• College Professor
• College Faculty Member
• Adjunct Professor
• University Faculty Member
• Professor
• Registrar
• Educational Institution Curator

Education Typically Required

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

Education Level	Share of Workers
Master’s degree	41.3%
Doctoral degree	28.8%
Bachelor’s degree	14.8%
Post-baccalaureate certificate	3.5%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	2.3%
Post-master’s certificate	2.1%
Less than a high school diploma	1.9%
Some college courses	1.6%
High school diploma or equivalent	1.4%
Post-doctoral training	1.1%
Postsecondary certificate	0.9%
First professional degree	0.1%

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

Who Is Earning a Degree in digital humanities?

Gender Distribution

This field skews predominantly female, with women earning 69% of digital humanities degrees.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	87	69.0%
Men	39	31.0%

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race / Ethnicity	Graduates	Share
White	76	60.3%
Asian	9	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19	15.1%
Black or African American	7	5.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native	1	0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	2	1.6%
Two or More Races	6	4.8%
Race Unknown	3	2.4%
International Students	3	2.4%

^{See minority definition below.}

Online digital humanities Programs

Distance learning are documented by IPEDS for digital humanities. 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
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies	30.52
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, General	30.5201
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, Other	30.5299
Textual Studies	30.5203
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	30.1202
Museology/Museum Studies	30.1401
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature	30.3601
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	30.2601
Economics and Foreign Language/Literature	30.4001

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.