<p>I propose that majors such as American Studies, Mass Comm, and Legal Studies are some of the most ‘successful’ majors in terms of accomplishing their ‘true’ goals - which seems to be having its students obtain easy degrees that require very little work, while still obtaining respectable starting salaries and grad school placements. In other words, success for those majors could be measured in terms of efficiency - the ratio of payoff vs. effort required to complete the major, with that ratio apparently being very high, chiefly because the denominator is so small. </p>
<p>For example, Legal Studies majors during the past years have been admitted to such law schools as Harvard, Yale, Chicago, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, and Duke. Even those Legal Studies majors who don’t go to law school but instead head straight to the workforce still make starting salaries that are significantly higher than that of the MCB majors, which is surely one of the least efficient majors.</p>