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Allow me to start with the 2 I'm most familiar with.  

My original degree was in Political Science, as I had wanted to work in the public sector.  After graduating, I took the civil service exams.  I was hired into a large state social services agency, where I worked for over a decade.  I could have made a career of it, but in my 30s I went back to college to study accounting.

My sister majored in English.  She was hired as an Associate Editor for a large publishing firm based in NYC.  Her job was to help authors turn their raw stories into commercially viable works.  She also was a ghost writer for some very well known authors. She eventually started her own literary agency (just like actors and athletes, authors have agents).  

I would add that millions of career level civil servants (federal, state, and local)  hold degrees in the 4 subjects you mention.  The same is true for non-profits.  Other popular careers include military officers, commission sales, and education.  

I majored in history.  The job I got right out of college was assistant program manager at a university research institute.  I was eventually promoted to manager and spent a year in that job before going to graduate school.

With two degrees in History, I spent 26 years as a contractor in the Intelligence Community, then as a Civil servant in DHS.  When augmented with a few courses in Archival Management, Business, and Comp/Sci, you demonstrate to a potential employer intellect, flexibility, and  superior speech and writing skills.  All four (less so with Philosophy) are good Pre-Law, and here is a little secret: when taken with the appropriate science courses and a good MCAT score, a higher percentage of History majors get into med school over Pre-Meds. All four are excellent choices for ROTC.  good luck

Yes, there is an amazing opportunity to get success in Liberal Arts.

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Those degrees don't necessarily prepare you for a particular job like other majors do.  But they DO prepare you to work in a wide range of fields and positions.  You could do professional writing, grant writing, data analysis, project coordinating, communications, etc.  It depends a bit on the degree and your experiences.  But a liberal arts program generally teaches writing, communication, and critical thinking, all of which are valuable skills in the workplace.

I was a political science major and I worked in vocational rehabilitation service provision for a while and then in geopolitical analysis for a while before entering academia with my advanced degrees.

there are tons of jobs that an english major could do, history could do things like set designing, auction houses, catalog writing for auctions, museum work, government jobs, research etc. Philosophy is like english--a basic decent education that could go a number of places.

sales.  good money if you become good to very good.  requires people skills and ability to learn and explain the details of what you're selling.  -- GL