"Picking the 'right major' is overrated"

[Vladenschlutte]

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There is a misconception that any STEM degree leads to better job and career prospects than any non-STEM degree. University Graduate Career Surveys indicate that biology majors do not have very good job and career prospects. Biology is the most popular STEM major. Any economics major (or student who has taken economics courses) can figure out what a large supply of biology graduates does to the biology-specific job market.

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<p>Further, most of those Bio majors are just the ones who tried and failed to get into med school.</p>