Our Students
National studies show that humanities majors find employment at rates equal to majors in finance and many STEM fields. And they often experience greater job satisfaction.
Graduates of American Studies at Colby hold jobs in a wide variety of industries, including media production, healthcare, education, marketing, law, politics, and project management. Our alumni have also gone on to pursue graduate degrees in education, law, and the humanities.
Where do Colby American Studies graduates work? Here are some examples:
- 21st Century Fox
- Adobe
- Amherst College
- Baltimore Ravens
- Best Buddies International
- Boston Globe
- Brigham and Women’s Hospoital
- CBS
- Conde Nast Publications
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Disney
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Fidelity Investments
- L.L. Bean
- Los Angeles Center for Community Law and Action
- Major League Baseball
- National Park Service
- New York Public Radio
- ProPublica
- San Francisco Symphony
- Supreme Court of California
- Time Warner
- Vox Global.