<p>While they used the data to infer why women make less, you could also find that for anyone, the major matters.</p>
<p>News:</a> Gender, Majors and Money - Inside Higher Ed</p>
<p>Your college major can influence your salary.</p>
<p>Welcome to 1965.</p>
<p>Also, the basic point of this article is that more women are going into liberal arts than science/business/engineering, and because of this women on a whole have less initial earning potential.</p>
<p>Is that really something so complex that we needed a college paper to tell us?</p>
<p>I have seen many here have the opinion that after 20 years your major in college will have little impact on your earnings.</p>
<p>I would say, yes, your major is meant for you to take it seriously… your major does matter, though some instances it can mean very little.</p>
<p>It’s not that your major never mattered, but that a major doesn’t necessarily restrict you to a specific line of work.</p>