<p>What you really have to do is identify the sectors of the Economy that are going to show growth in the next decade or so. </p>
<p>Healthcare oriented degrees –> Very useful now.</p>
<p>Some degrees involve fields that show little to no growth in the LR. Also, they tend to be over-saturated with prospective graduates (Law for example)</p>
<p>So, while you should always pick a field you enjoy, thinking far ahead in the LR, and how that field will actually grow is something that needs to be taken into consideration. You’d be a very foolish individual if you ignored this consideration…</p>
<p>^Great point…However you could potentially be a very miserable person if you designed your career around a field that would potentially show growth.Not to mention that if everyone followed that advice we would all end up in the same few industries and increase competition in the same,and basically have more unemployed people.</p>
<p>^Great point…However you could potentially be a very miserable person if you designed your whole career around a field that would potentially show growth.Not to mention that if everyone followed that advice we would all end up in the same few industries and increase competition in the same,and basically have more unemployed people.</p>
<p>^Excellent point; another benefit to obtaining a broad-based education.</p>
<p>(Think how big ‘e-commerce’ was 10 years ago, and the number of specialized academic programs that arose in response to its perception as a ‘growth industry’; today, it’s all but redundant.)</p>
<p>This is a silly question. Your major is what you make of it. Almost all majors can end in a successful and fufilling career for you if you have a clear goal of what you want out of it. What one person thinks is a rewarding career can mean something else to another. </p>
<p>This website implies that if you don’t major in a science or business-related field, you’re doomed. Some people just don’t think scientifically which doesn’t make them less intelligent than those who are. Just know what YOU want and go the way to achieve it.</p>
<p>A useless major is one that you’re in for the wrong reasons (i.e. you have no interest in it whatsoever, you want an “easy” major, your parents want you to do it, you’re only interested in the high starting salary once you graduate, etc).</p>
<p>Useless in the way of not doing anything with it for a career? Most liberal arts degrees. </p>
<p>Useless in the way of not making money? None, that’s all up to you. Your skills, experience, and the way you market yourself speak more than anything written on a diploma.</p>
<p>Useless in the way of not contributing to society? I am not touching this one with a 20 foot pole. </p>
<p>Useless in the way of getting a job right out of college, without pursuing professional or graduate school? Most liberal arts, and even some natural science degrees. </p>
<p>If your intent is to spend your life pursuing something relating to your degree, with the liberal arts…you’ll have a pretty hard time (unless you go into teaching). Some exceptions.</p>
<p>Degrees are fairly irrelevant in the way of making money. If you want money, you’ll have to pursue that yourself to make a significant difference. Though, that said, STEM/business majors do make more money on the average level. </p>
<p>If you want a job right out of college, liberal arts kids will have a harder time, but it is possible. If you have experience, and have networked, you should be able to find a job, whether it relates to your degree or not.</p>
<p>Useless degrees I’d have to say are liberal arts majors unless you are REALLY good. Engineering and healthcare degrees are by far the best. I doubt the average engineer has any trouble finding a job even in this economy. My cousin went to U of H which is you probably haven’t even heard of but he got 3 job offers.</p>
<p>Threads like this area a bad idea. You only have to look through the first 2-3 pages to see that. This question has made the division between the sciences and liberal arts bigger than it ever was before. People in English and other Liberal arts accuse the science majors of being arrogant money grubbers who dress in business suits and think they’re above everyone else. People in Biology and other Science majors accuse liberal arts maors of being ignorant dreamers who know nothing of the real world and spend there days writing poetry and sitting in libraries. (Obviously this doesn’t refer to everyone in said majors, but there are more than enough people that you could start a war over it) News flash people, you need people of both majors for the world to function.</p>
<p>So no, I don’t think there are useless majors. There are some majors where you really can only do one thing with it, but if you’re cool with that then more power to you. Then there are other majors where while your major may decided where you end up right after college, it won’t decide where you end up at the end. Majors like these can be used in numerous different fields. Now, i’m not an expert on every major (As some majors seem to only exist at a few schools) but i’ve heard of a few majors like basket weaving or whatever where i’m not sure what you can do with them, but I assume you can do something if a university is offering it.</p>
<p>The job market is bad all around. Now more than ever what’s most important is the connections you make and the quality of your resume/portfolio once you graduate.</p>
<p>and i know a guy who went to some private school in FL and got a BS in Mech E and is now going back to school for Psych and applying to med school bc of poor job prospects. but yeah, as far as majors go, engineering is a good choice for employability. you did say average.</p>
<p>and on topic, every degree is a tool. but yes, some are easier to use than others. some people are just bad at using what they have…
uselessness depends on the degree as well as the person who holds it, i guess</p>
<p>and as the above poster said, connections are very very important</p>
<p>I don’t understand. So, does that mean that ALL engineer majors will get a job? Even the ones who got by in college with barely a 2.0 gpa and gained no skills from it? It’s kind of dumb how a lot of people push these practical majors onto others but not everyone is meant to do well in it. As far as I know, to get a “good” job with an engineering degree, you’d probably have to be really really good at it.</p>
<p>Engineering majors are useless if you’re just become another tool engineering major. I hate that anti-social anti-intellectual 20/1 guy/girl ratio group of narrow-minded ignoramuses.</p>