There are still plenty of places where those tests aren’t part of the hiring process.
@momofboiler1, I got what you were saying. You were reverse engineering. If living in a well to do neighborhood is part of the eventual desired outcome of a major in college, here are the paths my neighbors took to get here. Definitely something to think about if being well to do is one of your goals, which I’m sure is a major goal for a lot of students.
Yet I don’t think money or wealth is a motivating factor for another fairly large segment of young folks after a certain level of comfort is achieved. I don’t think they want to live paycheck to paycheck or in poverty, but a lot of them want jobs that they find fulfilling. Sure some of them are all about the money but a lot of them want to help people, animals, the environment, or they find working in music or art to be more fulfilling than marketing or logistics.
So I think the question we are asking should be what is the satisfaction level with certain majors x-number of years after graduation.
Some people aren’t going to be satisfied unless they are bringing in the big bucks, but some of them are perfectly satisfied and incredibly fulfilled working as a teacher (which is a terrible paying job in my state). If the business folks are very satisfied with their business degrees then that major gets 5 stars, but if the teachers are very satisfied with their majors that one also gets 5 stars even though the pay gap may be large. If the teachers like the job, but can’t afford a place to live then maybe their satisfaction goes down and that major does not rate as high.
Financial outcomes are not the only criteria is all I am saying.
Paying for college is a huge financial consideration, but so is buying a car or a house, or having an extravagant lifestyle. Life is rife with opportunities for poor financial decisions, and certainly going into a lot of debt for a certain major at a certain college might turn out to be a poor financial decision but to declare certain majors (or colleges) “unworthy” based on finances alone seems very short sighted. I wouldn’t advocate for a for-profit college, but many colleges and majors can work.
Yep, and we live in a high SES, lots and lots of people are entrepreneurs, many were born in another country. To me that counts as diverse. Some are doctors or other highly educated people but more people who have excelled in whatever field they’ve chosen. Many different majors among friends. A mix of what you would expect and some you might not. All work very hard. I honestly think . that’s more important than the major after job #1
As I said before, I’m not going to name specific majors (there’re too many to name anyway) that don’t meet the criteria. One category of majors that I don’t think meet the criteria are those that base their “theories” on subjective premises, or surveys or polls that can change from sample to sample or from time to time, not on premises that can be proven or verified objectively to the satisfaction of most in the fields. By “sufficient” substance, I mean a subject that has enough substantive materials for a student to intellectually pursue and spend 4-6 years on.
What’s the point of the thread entitled “What college majors are worthy?”, if we can’t actually mention the major? Hilarious. Even though I disagree with them, a least a couple posters called out a few majors, like Anthropology, Music, Art, anything that ends with “studies,” etc.
@1NJParent believes that there are too many unworthy majors to name, so maybe it would easier for @1NJParent to identify the worthy ones, so the rest could be scrapped.
Under your logic, if there’re too many X’s, then there must be fewer Y’s? Why can’t there be too many Y’s, or even more Y’s, that one cares to enumerate?
It shouldn’t take too much intellectual power to figure out which majors aren’t academically worthy. After all, the students and their families who were involved in the Varsity Blues scandal figured out somehow.
Take your pick - debate, users purposely baiting each other. Regardless, the thread has outlived its usefulness. As a family, feel free to agree on what are appropriate majors for your own kids.
