<p>Why philosophy? Seems like it would be like many other humanities and social studies majors in that it is non-specific for most jobs, but philosophy majors have had to exercise their logical thinking as well as humanistic thinking, so they may be better able to adapt to interview and job situations than many other humanities and social studies majors.</p>
<p>But biology involves lots of memorization, lots of work in the lab, lots of cutthroat competition from pre-meds, and pay levels and employment rates at graduation similar to those of humanities and social studies majors. But it is the most popular STEM major.</p>