Philosophy majors tend to be a lot smarter than the rest of the humanities.
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/philo/GRE%20Scores%20by%20Intended... http://www.umsl.edu/~philo/ETS%20LINK.pdf
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/philo/GRE%20Scores%20by%20Intended... http://www.umsl.edu/~philo/ETS%20LINK.pdf
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degree...
As a philosophy PhD, I find the Philosophy > Starbucks meme obnoxious, but it's especially silly when philosophy is amongst the best Art/Humanities degrees one can do from that perspective (particularly if one then goes on to do something like work for an international law firm for a while - the rather conventional switch I've taken).