In the study, among the highest-paying liberal arts majors in the study was economics, at $42,000.

调查还发现，经济学是起薪最高的文科专业，年薪为4.2万美元。

The starting pay of certain liberal arts majors generally is well below that of graduates in engineering fields.

某些文科专业毕业生的起薪远远低于工科毕业生。

“Technical majors even have an advantage in fields that are typically hotbeds for liberal arts majors ” , she said.

她说，甚至在文科专业本应该很吃香的领域，技术专业也占有优势。

Max, was that your major... art?

麦克斯 你是主修艺术的吗？

The most successful liberal arts majors either go to grad school or begin to develop their career through internships while still in school, Ms. Brooks said.

布鲁克斯说，最成功的文科专业人才不是去读研究生深造，就是在还没毕业时就开始通过实习为自己的事业打基础。

Although liberal arts majors have a wide range of salaries, Ms. Piotrowski said that mid-career liberal arts majors she works with in northern Colorado make between $60,000 and $70,000.

她说，尽管不同的文科专业，薪水差别也比较大，但她在北科罗拉多州接触到的处于职业生涯中期的文科专业毕业生的年薪在6万到7万美元之间。