There are advantages to being a New York startup: more liberal arts majors!

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Sixty per cent of American college students are not liberal-arts majors, though.

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But the latest salary survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) shows that average salaries for liberal arts majors are on the rise.

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We would have an influx of the engineers, technicians and mechanics McCrory is looking for, and a decrease of writers, sociologists, philosophers, thinkers and other liberal arts majors.

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They were mostly liberal arts majors interested in business.

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Liberal arts majors, take note.

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Meanwhile, legions of arts and humanities majors occupy the unemployment rolls.

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What would quickly be discovered is that prominently mixed in with the finance majors are countless liberal arts grads.

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While the arts may be good for the soul, artistic majors are terrible for the bank account.

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Conversely, the worst-paying college majors are child and family studies, elementary education, social work, culinary arts, special education, recreation and leisure studies, religious studies, and athletic training.

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As universities across the country continue to embrace the liberal arts, at least in conjunction with technical studies, many corporations have opened their doors to graduates with unconventional majors.

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