Colleges that lean towards Humanities

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Anonymous wrote:All the Ivies, UChicago

Not U Chicago anymore. There was an article about how they're cutting and reducing their humanities depts due to funding issues.

fwiw they are merging departments with fewer than 15 profs, which includes Germanic studies, Slavic languages and literatures, and South Asian languages and civilizations. Do you want to pay $400k for your child to major in Slavic languages?

I wouldn’t want my kid majoring in any humanities subject, so the Slavic part is no more useless to me than a history degree. Nonetheless, I agree with your point that Chicago isn’t diminishing its humanities departments.

Honestly, I can’t think of anything more useful than majoring in Slavic languages. It’s basically a one-way ticket to becoming an expert in obscure references and exactly the kind of person your friends are secretly avoiding at brunch. You’ll have job offers pouring in from all the high-paying, highly relevant fields—like... being a professor in a tiny department with 3 students or offering your deep insights into Dostoevsky to the two people who care.

Joking aside, it's definitely an interesting choice in terms of ROI, especially when there’s such a demand for more “practical” degrees nowadays. the whole idea of paying that much for a humanities degree feels increasingly like a luxury, especially when the future seems a bit more practical-minded these days. I get that there's value in a well-rounded education, but I’d want my kid to graduate with some clear career opportunities lined up.

imagine telling your kid, “You’re going to Chicago, but you’ll major in Slavic languages—prepare to be the most interesting at dinner parties... 20 years from now, when you’re still living in a one-bedroom apartment with 4 roommates and explaining the nuances of 12th-century Russian poetry for the fifth time that week.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of Princeton and Yale as being exceptionally robust unis for humanities, too.

Yale, maybe. But Princeton has basically turned into an engineering school…

+1

Princeton is so different. I was surprised how STEM it’s become on recent tour.

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Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Hopkins does STEM and international relations well.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

People go to MIT for humanities?

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

People go to MIT for humanities?

They're amazing at the humanities.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Hopkins does STEM and international relations well.

so...not the humanities

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They may not qualify as top schools for OP, but Holy Cross and NYU have low percentages of STEM students and focus more on humanities.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

And plenty more.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

People go to MIT for humanities?

You are really not coming across as very bright...
DP

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

And plenty more.

Caltech and Johns Hopkins are not good at the humanities. You can't even major in a majority of liberal arts subjects at Georgia tech, for crying out loud!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

And plenty more.

Caltech and Johns Hopkins are not good at the humanities. You can't even major in a majority of liberal arts subjects at Georgia tech, for crying out loud!

What on earth are you talking about? All of the above schools have vibrant and highly regarded liberal arts schools.
DP

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

And plenty more.

Caltech and Johns Hopkins are not good at the humanities. You can't even major in a majority of liberal arts subjects at Georgia tech, for crying out loud!

What on earth are you talking about? All of the above schools have vibrant and highly regarded liberal arts schools.
DP

I said what I’m talking about. Where’s the confusion. Also show me where these highly regarded liberal arts subjects are, not schools. IR is a social science, not a humanities subject- if that’s what you’re referring to for JHU. You literally can’t major in most of the humanities subjects at Georgia tech- go check for yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, plenty of schools known for "STEM" or tech also have wonderful liberal arts/humanities colleges. People tend to forget this.

Such as? Other than MIT, most are mediocre to unremarkable.

Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

And plenty more.

Caltech and Johns Hopkins are not good at the humanities. You can't even major in a majority of liberal arts subjects at Georgia tech, for crying out loud!

What on earth are you talking about? All of the above schools have vibrant and highly regarded liberal arts schools.
DP

I said what I’m talking about. Where’s the confusion. Also show me where these highly regarded liberal arts subjects are, not schools. IR is a social science, not a humanities subject- if that’s what you’re referring to for JHU. You literally can’t major in most of the humanities subjects at Georgia tech- go check for yourself.

Ok, perhaps GT was a bad example. All of the other schools listed indeed offer humanities and liberal arts majors.
https://apply.jhu.edu/academics/majors-minors-programs/
https://liberalarts.vt.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/majors.html
https://www.hss.caltech.edu/undergraduate-studies/faqs#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20the%20humanities,courses%20in%20film%20studies%2C%20at