I was just wondering whether there are any colleges that are looking for more students that are interested in studying the humanities. I know that some colleges are trying to recruit more STEM students, so I wanted to know if any colleges were going the other way.
I already have my college list and am interested in the social sciences not humanities, so this isn’t meant for me, but I was curious.
In some state flagships, the humanities majors are the least restricted or competitive for admission, since they are not at full capacity.
Schools known for heavy STEM enrollment but which have good humanities departments may also be looking for more, even if they do not explicitly admit by major.
Social studies is not necessarily the same, since some social studies majors like economics and psychology are popular enough that some schools are capacity limited in them and hence have higher admission standards or secondary admission requirements after enrolling.
If you’re looking for very selective colleges, Stanford.
Pretty much all of the very selective ones, except perhaps Kenyon.
U Rochester is an excellent school with an underused humanities department. Depending on your stats, it could be a good match school. They give generous merit aid too.
Thanks for the responses! I was under the impression that most top schools were heavily looking for more STEM students, so it is interesting to find out that some of them actually do want more humanities students.
Not just some, but many. I get the feeling that everyone is rushing like lemmings to study STEM in college. Hers is what will possibly happen though: a glut of STEM studetns all trying for the same jobs. Meanwhile, careers are not all about STEM. I see a turn back towards humanities and other areas in the next five years. But what do I know?
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Already happened to biology, though probably partly due to the number of failed pre-meds in those majors (even though pre-med does not require majoring in biology). Of course, the masses of pre-meds who start college each year will keep biology departments busy.
Engineering supply is more limited because:
a. At the most selective schools, many engineering graduates get lured into consulting and banking.
b. At many state flagship level schools, engineering departments are capacity limited, so many aspiring engineers cannot get into the engineering majors, so they major in something else.
c. At less selective schools, the rigor of engineering courses and curricula induces many weaker students to change to other majors.