<p>“why wouldn’t communication degree be least useful? it goes across so many industries from print to broadcasting?!!”</p>
<p>The communications building was right next to the music building, and us music majors laughed at them. When music majors at laughing at you, that really says something. </p>
<p>Print is dying. Newspaper subscribership has dropped annually since 1985. Many papers are going out of business. </p>
<p>As for broadcasting, radio and TV is a tough racket. If you want to be a personality, you don’t really need a degree. All you need are networking skills, connections, peserverence, and a personality. </p>
<p>A professor once told me, “One majors in music for the love of music, not for the money.” Boy, I wish I headed those words. I’m sure that the same logic can be applied to communications and many other similar majors.</p>
<p>Why do people think engineering is vocational? You aren’t forced to become an engineer by getting an engineering degree. It’s as much a science as physics or chemistry.</p>
<p>"Print is dying. Newspaper subscribership has dropped annually since 1985. Many papers are going out of business. "</p>
<p>Yes, but internet news is growing rapidly. I believe and seriously hope that internet journalists are expected to get a degree just as print journalists are, yes?</p>
<p>Did you think you’d be making much money coming out of college with a music major? The way you phrased that statement sure sounds like you were under that impression, which is … kind of strange, truth be told.</p>
<p>I was studying music business and wanted to know more about the job prospects. Although I did not have a target figure for what I’d like to see in a starting salary, the professor right away told me that I won’t get paid much. What this professor said is true about all artsy degrees. </p>
<p>At the moment I am looking at a career change. Music is great when you are in your 20s, but does not work as well once you are in your 30s.</p>
<p>The growth of the internet is not good for news broadcasters in the financial sense. Less and less people are watching the major news networks as they can find everything from multiple sources online. These website are more numerous and diverse creating much more competition than was ever seen on the TV. Because of this they do not generate near enough revenue. Many top websites get many hits but have difficulty making money because as of now it is difficult to profit from the internet</p>
<p>I’m a journalism major. This thread is extraordinarily depressing, but I expected to see communications/journalism as a “useless” major here. Maybe I should change my major. Sigh.</p>
<p>By definition a Newscaster is a specific "Broad"cast. Broadcast engineering is BOOMING. Due to the advent of HD and 3D and digital in general, a HUGE makeover is happening like it did in the 50’s. Broadcast ‘Engineering’ is close to Audio Engineering with a mix of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Engineer. If you like Music Technology then you want to become scientifically inclined because all this societal technology overlaps. Modernist and Investigative Journalism may be dead as far as the the consolidation and control of the media. Broadcast Journalism and Communications are half the jobs in advertising, publishing, industrial/corp electronic media and many businesses, especially with integrated multi-media. </p>
<p>If you love technology and want to make good money as an Audio/Acoustics/Music/Radio/TV/Film/Web Tech–>Engineer then learn all you can! Take a few math, computer, science and circuit classes to grasp the concepts then study for the certifications. It doesn’t matter whether you have a AA or BS you can get certified directly from the industry…Society of Broadcast Engineers or the Audio Engineers Society etc. You may have strange hours and have to travel these days but make just as much as other engineers in better working conditions.</p>
<p>I hear/see people A LOT who they can write a better book/screenplay, produce/direct a better movie, write/play a better song, create/design a better logo or website! Unless they have produced the evidence to back these claims up, it doesn’t exist and utter BS! Let the those that talk run their mouths, and those that have the urge to create, then produce a product you love.</p>
<p>Count me as a journalism major who would have majored in something else but realized it too late.</p>
<p>That said, the skills developed by studying and practicing writing/interviewing/researching/designing/blogging/tweeting are quite marketable in a wide array of fields. (Just not journalism.) Contrary to another poster’s belief, effective communication skills are not even close to universal. How many awful press releases and unreadable blog posts have you seen?</p>
<p>This is an absurd topic, there are so many confounding factors (networks, school, internships, extracurrics).</p>
<p>I’ve heard of engineers from reputable schools with 3.7+'s being unemployed while Victorian English Literature majors with 3.5’s getting 50k+ starting salaries.</p>
<p>People who wonder which major is better either:</p>
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<li><p>Don’t understand how America (versus other countries) works, either due to being close to First Generation or just not having found out the info in their life (that’s alright, it’s a strange paradox).</p></li>
<li><p>Insecure and want to project their sense of superiority upon other majors to make themselves feel better (…).</p></li>
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<p>I feel so many people have self-esteem issues about their major…jesus christ. It’s DISGUSTING. Get a grip people.</p>
<p>Teach me about America versus other countries King Monkey. Why is the USA so great? Is it true that the whole world is jealous of our freedoms? When will God punish the gays?</p>
<p>A uni bach isnt geared for direct employment. Plus you have to be likable, even funny smart interesting not some immature cocky arrogant attitude.</p>
<p>Some are geared to direct employment, like nursing. Engineering is pretty close to this. </p>
<p>This is the same type of argument that the other guy was making. “Well, since no major guarantees employment, you may as well study anything you like if you want to get a job.” It isn’t a good one.</p>
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<p>I’m going to ignore the rest of this sentence. People don’t become unlikeable or less fluent in social situations when they pick a more employable major.</p>