Kristen (my daughter and Carol’s best friend for those who don’t know) sent me this link last night….very interesting.
The most useful, and useless, college majors.
These are either from Newsweek, or Science Mag, or, The Daily Beast, or whatever…when it comes from Tumblr….the source is confusing. 🙂
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The 13 Most Useful* College Majors (As Determined By Science)
USEFUL:
1. Nursing
6. Finance
7. Marketing and Marketing Research
8. Mathematics
9. Accounting
10. French, German, Latin, and other Common Foreign Languages
11. General Business
13. Economics
*Useful, for our purposes, is defined by majors most likely to lead to less unemployment and higher earnings, and which are in industries projected to grow in the next decade according to research from Georgetown University and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
USELESS:
The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)
1. Fine Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and Archeology
11. Music
12. History
13. Political Science and Government
(Ed: Your primary tumblrs majored in two of these and now work in the field of a third.)
Update! Our arts critic has some words of encouragement for you.
Update 2! Here are the most USEFUL college majors.
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