What’s the least valuable college degree in the U.S.?

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<p>"With high school seniors and their families now deciding where to enroll for college next fall, they might want to take a gander at research showing the best -- and worst -- values for a degree." …</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-the-least-valuable-college-degree-in-the-us/"&gt;http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-the-least-valuable-college-degree-in-the-us/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>As usual with Payscale.com rankings, is it really the college, or the major? Particularly pre-professional majors leading to lower paid professions, it would be wise to avoid spending too much on a college education.</p>

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<p>Oh please. Here we go again. I’m disgusted that this thread was even started. You know, different strokes for different folks. </p>

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<p>Based on what I’ve read about my undergrad school on CC, probably mine.</p>

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<p>Useless article based on meaningless “data”. </p>

<p><em>Yawn</em>. Next! </p>

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<p>Money isn’t the only return on a college investment. Sounds like a very unthorough , unwell thought out report. How about the for profit diploma mills that take so much money for so little?</p>

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<p>A geez, I wish I woulda known that! D1 was an English major and now she’s just a lousy med school student.</p>

<p>Stupid article with the usual gross generalizations. Why don’t people use their brains?!?</p>

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<p>Anything with studies at the end of it</p>

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<p>I wonder how much of the ROI disparity between different colleges offering the same degree is due to the students themselves. If college A attracts the brightest and most ambitious students in the nation and admits very few of them, and college B’s students are, on average, not very bright, then obviously college A’s students will make more money than college B’s students regardless of the quality of their education or the name on their degree. The question is: how much of a difference does it make?</p>