A Bachelor of Arts graduate will be a well-rounded student who has strong research, writing and general communication skills. These programs focus less on individual facts and figures and more on the skills required to find these facts and figures, determine their meaning, and present their findings in a coherent manner. A Bachelor of Arts is a good degree if you want to keep your options open. Research and communication skills are used in a wide variety of jobs, and are just as helpful in your life outside of what you do for a living.
A Bachelor of Science degree focuses less on reading and analyzing qualitatively and more on experimenting and observing quantitatively. In the course of your science degree, you will carry out experiments in labs and write lab reports that detail what you found, how you found it, why you studied it and what its ramifications are.
These skills can apply to careers in science, but they also come with a large amount of empirical knowledge and a firm understanding of the principles of the scientific method. This means that a science graduate can work in science or work in a variety of sales or technical jobs that value the knowledge and logical thinking that these degrees teach.
There are also a variety of professional degrees that prepare students for work in a specific job or field. Examples include Engineering, Nursing and Teaching. These are different from the above degrees because they incorporate university study, with lectures, seminars, and other such learning mechanisms and on-the-job training. Placements in the field are common, which means that graduates of these programs don't just have a book understanding of the subject, they also have understanding that comes from actually working in the field.
There are also some degrees that require a bachelor's degree in order to enroll in them. Examples include Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees, law degrees and medical degrees, all of which are professional degrees.
There are also Masters and Doctorate degrees available in every subject. These degrees have you independently studying and researching a very specific topic within your discipline. The former generally qualifies you to teach at a community college level while the latter qualifies you to teach at the university level.