Of the 3,100 liberal arts professionals employed in North Carolina, 260 work in Chapel Hill. There has been a 4% decline in the number of liberal arts professionals in Chapel Hill between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of liberal arts professionals in Chapel Hill has decreased, overall employment in Chapel Hill has increased.

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• Light Blue: Liberal Arts in Chapel Hill
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Salaries for liberal arts professionals in Chapel Hill have increased. Chapel Hill liberal arts professionals made $87,870 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for liberal arts professionals in Chapel Hill was $76,830 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Chapel Hill.

Liberal arts professionals make a median salary of $69,430 per year in Chapel Hill. The 10% of liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $39,810 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $149,950 per year.

Liberal arts professional salaries in Chapel Hill are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Chapel Hill's liberal arts professionals are graduates of the only accredited liberal arts school in the city.

Chapel Hill's liberal arts schools offer 4 liberal arts degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 43 students completed liberal arts courses.