Op-Ed: The 10 Worst Majors for Finding a Good Job

[Young_Chitlin]

The best majors for landing a good job tend to be engineering, computer science and other rigorous fields that prepare students for specific work in booming industries. For people in other majors, something that sets you apart from the masses — such as graduating from a top program or developing expertise in more than one discipline — might be needed to provide an edge. “It’s good to have a little right brain and a little left brain,” says Katie Bardaro, lead economist at Payscale, a compensation-research firm. “Go with what you’re strong in as your primary field, and what you’re not quite as good in as your secondary field.”

Payscale recently sorted through data on roughly 100 majors to identify those associated with the greatest portion of recent grads who end up overqualified for the work they do. Somebody who graduated with a business degree, for instance, would be considered overqualified if he worked as a waiter or an assistant manager at a retail store, jobs that require an associate’s degree or less. Students shouldn’t necessarily avoid such majors, but they should be aware that simply graduating with a degree in one of these fields may not be enough to land a desirable job.

 

[El Payaso]

wack thread

 

[twatgetta]

I remember riding on the back of that garbage truck thinking I fucked up when I didn't go to college. now I see the niggaz who graduated college can't find no job and contemplating the garbage truck route. funny how life happens.

 

[Antlerz]

That's why I took my a$s to culinary school, cause people gotta eat !

 

[bignorm]

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[bignorm]

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[KNiGHTS]

*looks at degree in English with the Creative Writing concentration...*

Damn it.

 

[willhustle]

Basically the article is saying that college is overall a waste of time & money then b/c most of the majors listed is what the majority of students go to college for anyways. Might as well not even be any Universities or colleges in America if this is the case.

 

[CashmoneyDux]

*Doesn't see intended major on list*

 

[genocidecutter]

Well Im becoming a Luchador

 

[LUClEN]

fuuuckers

 

[B_A]

Does not see Accounting on list. In for the win!!

 

[Squidward Tentacles]

Does not see Accounting on list. In for the win!!

yea accounting one of the better majors to get into right now, job wise.

 

[And_So_It_Burns]

No lie, I was on a date one time. The waiter and I started talking about college some how.

Waiter: Yeah I have two degrees

Me: What in? History and Philosophy haha

Waiter: Yeah how'd you know.

I didn't have the courage to tell him but two degrees and still working at a restaurant usually means they didn't pick a strong major.

 

[blakfyahking]

I almost became an Economics major too

haha at an HBCU actually being smart enough to kill that program and send all the Econ majors to the Finance program

 

[T. Sanford]

Fuck that I'm finna start a rapping career

 

[StoneColdMikey]

my major is sociology

 

[StoneColdMikey]

is that a good choice cuz im hearing mixed reviews

 

[Little JJ]

Glad Sociology and Communications arent on there.

 

[DarthRozay]

is that a good choice cuz im hearing mixed reviews

If that's what you want to do. It's kinda pointless to major in something you don't have much drive to do, it's like having a car with no gas.

isn't this your first year though? you've still got a good 2 years to really decide what you want to major in, just do your gen ed shit and try out classes that interest you that you might want to major in. You might take a sociology class your first semester and realize you hate the shit.