The Georgetown study finds that the return on a liberal arts education is not typically immediate - at 10 years, the median return is $62,000 - but over the decades of a career, it is solid.
Read MoreA couple months ago, my 17-year-old daughter's guidance counselor called her into his office to ask pretty much the only question that adults ask high school seniors: "What colleges are you applying to?" When Ella tossed off a handful of universities, he said, "Have you thought about going to art school?".
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