<p>What is the most economically wise major besides business/engineering/science? How about Liberal Arts and Science?</p>
<p>Math. 10 chars</p>
<p>What? You want to know what the most economically wise major is besides science, and then you suggest science…</p>
<p>But yes, math is even more economically wise than several (most) of the business and science majors.</p>
<p>Pure math? That’s not something that typically attracts me.</p>
<p>You should have mentioned that in your first post.</p>
<p>Next best is probably economics.</p>
<p>Nursing .</p>
<p>^ I second this, Nursing is a very economically smart major, well respected, and fulfilling if you are up to it. You can even go on to specialize in areas or become a Nurse Practitioner. The country needs more of them I heard, because not every community can afford a doctor. It has a “specialized” class schedule, but you can do a lot with Nursing.</p>
<p>Pharmacists make very good money. I would hate the job, but maybe it was made for you.</p>
<p>It is not economically wise to do a major you do not like and a job you will dread and end up quitting, or going back to school for something else later, hence why I would never do math/engineering. Many people are good at something but choose not to major in it…Personally I think it would be very foolish to do it just for the money…</p>
<p>I know… But it is a good reason to persuade my parents in choosing my major.
Once I told my mom that I might be interested in majoring in philosophy, she immediately turned it down because it is not economically wise.</p>
<p>Parents now choose your major? Are they also giving you an arranged marriage?
Are they paying for your college and threatening to cut you off or something to that length?</p>
<p>They can’t afford a lot to pay for my tuition. Our family income is at the very low end. I must choose very wisely about my major because I don’t want my parents to invest in vain. My only hope is scholarships. So…</p>
<p>If I had a child and he/she wants to major in philosophy, honestly I would go ballistic, because, you know. But grapico is right I say.</p>
<p>Check out this article from CNN’s Money site: [Best</a> Jobs in America 2009 - Top 50 - Money Magazine on CNNMoney.com](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/full_list/index.html]Best”>Best Jobs in America 2009 - Top 50 - Money Magazine on CNNMoney.com)</p>
<p>That will show the best jobs by a variety of factors. I hope this helps :)</p>
<p>Note this is a follow up to this (very late) … but, you could easily use Philosophy as a stepping stone to a professional degree in Law or other fields if your parents have an issue with it.</p>
<p>You could major in philosophy and end up on Wall Street as a banker or hedge fund manager. Major =/= job, and major =/= salary.</p>
<p>I also find it really funny that they have college professor on there, with 23% growth. Many universities are cutting tenure lines and replacing tenure-track faculty with part-time adjuncts who make $2,000 per class and get no benefits. Even if you teach a 4/4 load (4 classes per semester) and we’re talking about $16,000 salary and no benefits - no 401(K), no health insurance, no research support, in some cases you don’t even get an office. Especially with so many universities troubled in this recession, professor jobs are hard to come by! The only fields that are experiencing actual growth in professor positions are business/professional fields like nursing, engineering, accounting and other business fields, etc. That’s because working outside the academy with a PhD in those fields is more lucrative than working inside it. The salaries are also far more attractive for professors in those areas.</p>
<p>But humanities - English, history, philosophy? Forget it. Someone just posted a recent survey of people who finished their English PhDs between 1983 and 1985 and compared it with their tenure lines in 1995. Just over half of them had tenured positions. Those are not good odds, especially considering half of humanities PhD students drop out before they even reach the PhD. They also spend an average of 9 years getting the PhD and an average of 8 years between PhD and tenure, which means that we’re talking about you’re not going to be tenured until you’re 40 at the earliest. Meanwhile even your friend who’s a cardiologist has been working as one for 8 years, and probably makes 4 or 5 times what you make if not more than that.</p>
<p>Not saying that it’s not a viable career choice, but you’ve got to have DEDICATION to try for professing in the humanities.</p>
<p>Our world has become more and more materialistic.
There are few ‘pure’ things left. People choose majors to make money, not to fulfil their personal dreams. The universities are more readily to do medical research, especially cancer, than agricultural research so that they can receive more grants from the government.
I am totally disillusioned by our materialism yet it is an almighty swirlpool that nobody is able to escape. I wonder whether I was born in the right time.</p>
<p>Do you honestly think you would have been any more able to pursue ‘pure’ things such as philosophy and literature if you were born in a different time? Say, the Middle Ages. I bet peasants were real autodidactic because of all the time they had to spare for intellectual pursuits. Jesus.</p>
<p>^Perhaps I should agree with you. Nowadays, one can always find the path that suits him/her even if the path is not that lucrative. I was in a bad mood when I wrote the post. I shouldn’t have blamed the world.</p>