Are people that graduate with degrees in humanities or even take humanities classes disproportionately more likely to need government support for the rest of their lives?
Seattle has a large community of artists, always begging for government support, always working at low end jobs to make ends meet. The government funds theaters, the Seattle Opera, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Seattle Art Museum, and on and on.
A scarce few make a profit (Taylor Swift), and the other 99% need another source of income than their art. Swift did not attend a university.
What percentage of french literature majors make a living in that field? A few who manage to get a professor of french literature position?
What specific percentage of humanities majors are on public assistance?
What percentage of STEM majors are working in the field they were educated in? I know two electrical engineering majors who became lawyers, one who went into insurance, in addition to a civil engineer who went into dentistry.