Worst-Paying College Degrees in 2010

HAHAH

The tags are priceless. Yeah, no one is making more than 30K a year with these degrees. If the school is cheap and you love what you do it makes sense, but anyone coming out of school with 6 figures of debt and a degree in these subjects is insane.

What the fuck is a 'recreation and leisure' degree?

What the fuck is a 'recreation and leisure' degree?

Thanks for boosting my self esteem. I'm once again glad I chose finance.

Hey! Im a legal studies (double major in International Business) and my starting salary was 55k ...

Hardly surprising. Dietetics and nutrition majors are designed for gorgeous women who want to nail physicians. How did sociology not make the list though?

I'd ball out with #8. Magooism bitches!

You're most likely not gonna make $$$$$$$ majoring in x Studies.

We can have all the laughs we want at these people, but the bottom line is that a lot of them carry the weight of society.

We can survive without professional bankers, traders, and hedge fund managers. But without teachers, we'll be back in the dark ages in a single generation.

Also, dietetics is designed for women who wanted to go into nursing but then realized they didn't like being around sick people. My mom was a dietician and to this day, she still asks me how many vegetables I've eaten today.

Within 20 minutes I could find a baller within every single one of those numbers. Though 99% of that population makes an average salary...there's that 1% that really know what their doing. Specifically in Culinary Arts, Interior Design, Education, and Music. So I wouldn't laugh too hard at them.

Can't laugh at a lot of these professions. Things like social work and education. These are the people who carry the weight of society on their shoulder (as Illini pointed out). People on this forum need to get the fuck off the high horse...

Its unfortunate that these degrees do not pay well. We all had to make a choice in college, a career path. We had to decide on a career path that would make us happy or a path that would make us financial happy.

a lot of people who choose these majors (usually girls), come from wealthy families so it doesn't really matter to them what the salaries are like.

journalism-school is notorious for being full of trust-fund babies

Great article. People that take out loans for these majors will simply have to learn personal finance the hard way. Maybe if entrepreneurship was tied into these majors they might have a more prosperous financial future...I doubt it though.

If only Recreation and Leisure had a 6-figure income.

I actually just felt like being an asshole. I like your posts, except the ones that (1) oppose the stance of OP and posters, and (2) discuss your unsafe obsession with the midwest/public schools/Illinois/engineering programs. Other than that, I really enjoy your contributions.

OK, done. You're one of the few posters on here that are actually qualified to give advice, so I appreciate your activity on here. Otherwise, we'd be stuck with a ton of college junior/senior morons who give advice like they're 15-year Wall Street vets.

You should look at some of the degrees that NBA player tried to get in College. Athletic Dietary Studies, Financial Planning (useful when you're making 3 mil a year), and other weird stuff.

Then again, most of them never graduated.

There is a billionaire owner of one of the largest props/hedge funds that has a degree in anthro and donated handsomely to his school because of his degree.... The degrees themselves don't really mean shit anywhere for banking/trading/etc., it is more the type of people that go into each field. Shitheads tend to go into softer majors to begin with, ergo...

Agree somewhat with the last post- there are TONS of people working in finance and on the street that have degrees in psychology, history, govy, philosophy, art history etc. If you go to a top 10 school it doesn't matter what you're degree is in, and even if you don't I know a ton of recruiters that look for diversity especially coming right out of undergrad and value an education or path that is 'different' somehow...they get thousands of econ/finance/mgmt majors crossing their desks. The reality is that most econ programs deal with economic theory- fluffy macro/micro how the world works stuff- and not actual hard core finance, so even that does not really prepare you. The BB and others are going to train people and teach them how they want stuff done anyway. The only really respected undergrad finance program that I ever hear get tossed out is UPenn/Wharton. Other than that, a finance degree from a lesser school is not worth as much as any degree (even Soci) from a brand-name school, just in my experience and what I have seen.

Its kind of why every male i-banker with a GMAT score over 700 doesn't get into top b-schools...bc there are thousands out there with the exact same resume trying to get the same spot. Have two friends at BB firms that have gone to VP in 5 yrs through a recession- one was a Japanese Art History major and one was a Psych major.

Food for thought.

Good thing I’m majoring in prominent blind African American women of the 1880s.

You can always point your finger at the college for misleading you like that one girl that blamed her school for her debt because she decided it would be a good idea to major in early childhood development.

Well I go to a non-target, and when I see people majoring in psychology (the ones who dont want to be doctors)and criminal justice (the ones who are not interested in going to law school) It literally makes me angry. If your going to pay 50,000 a year to go to this school get a degree in something useful like accounting or finance. And then they say "oh well psychology/criminal justice is really interesting to me" NO SHIT. Its interesting to everyone asshole, nobody doesent like watching cops or learning about landmark courtcases or learning the way people think, human behavior, and why certain people make certain decisions. Its just not practical, becuase there are no jobs in these areas and there is no money (coming from a non-target obviously). AND THEN they have the audacity to talk about their 3.8 GPA and how its better than your 3.6. I LOVE HEARING all the alumni of these majors talk about how there working at the gas station by their house, and looking for jobs at their local insurance company.

GET UP! MOVE AROUND! MOTION CREATES EMOTION!

What makes me angry is the fact that some people spend $50K/year on school when they could easily get it down to ~$30K/year at Berkeley, Michigan, UT Austin, or UVA.

....also the elementary education kids who complain about all the "projects" they have to do

You have to read some of the discussion boards under the yahoo article listed by the OP.

HILARIOUS!

This is from "Kenny"

"dont get caught up in the dollar sign. i would rather make 35k...and be content..then 50k and come home mad at everything!!!,,,,,you have to decide for yourself!!!...money will not make you happy in a horrible job...............and always remember........every job sucks on moneday...and aint so bad.....on payday!!!!!!!!!"

OK KENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 50k jobs apperantly make you mad at everything

Daniel B-

"Well I guess I'm safe and I thought Criminal Justice would be up there."

-No Daniel you are not safe-have fun selling car insurance

"SupaFly" You can go ahead and add my Masters of Survey and Justice Administration to that list. Who would have thought a person with a Masters and ambition barely makes $20k a year and it's not from a lack of trying.

-Well what were you high on when you were like yea my undergrad degree doesent suck enough lets go back for my masters in survey and justice admin.

" Now a days, makin 8 dollars an hour is a blessing"

maybe you wouldent feel that way if you didnt go to college for social work.

I thought the anonymous commie poster was kinda funny:

Information like this is put out on purpose to manipulate you based on FEAR and GREED! Wake up people and realize when you are being toyed with!!!

In the late 90's the IT field was heavily marketed as being the most promising career that would pay the most money and have the most job security. Now that there are so many graduates in this field the workers are expendable! They can easily be replaced by the next hungry IT professional who is either out of work or under paid.

I cant stop....

"I hate how unfairly valued certain skills and talents are. Effective childcare, i.e. taking care of children without screwing them up for life, isn't something everyone can do, and yet our society places so little monetary value on it."

-Solid Argument, you should have been a lawyer.

"i love going to school. i cant wait to further my education in the criminal justice field. long term goal is to become a forensic scientist."

-This statement should be featured on the next University of Pheonix commercial

"In other words, you need to be in a self minded career in order to be weathy financially; that's funny, kinda sums it all up don't you think?"

-Umm yes.Whats so terrible about that

"Im planning on changing my major to psychology with focus on abnormal behavior."

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Chech, don't read too many of the yahoo comments, they'll rot your brain. Some of my favorites are the immigration ones and the oil spill ones. These are pretty good.

oh man its the first time ive ever read them and i am now addicted. its was some of the most hilarious shit i have ever read. in my life.

This was a somewhat intelligent post..I believe our country is center-right though.

The secretary of education Arne Ducan would like to get rid of unions and can't because they are too powerful politically. Washington D.C, superintendent Michelle Rhee is fighting unions and trying to bring in merit based pay. 1.America is increasingly a liberal country so coproral punishment will never happen. 2. Teachers and education are looked to as magicians that can solve social issues like: poverty, drug abuse, physical abuse, economic disadvantages... I can't catch up a 5 year deficit in reading during a single academic year and many 1st graders start with that because their parents did not make literacy a family value. 3. Half days are for staff development. As long as a public school has as many instructive minutes as each state requires, half days can be built into the schedule. Check with your states office of education to find out how many minutes a year students must be in class. 4. We are an egalitarian nation. We do not deny any child a Free and Appropriate education (FAPE) base on class, nation of origin or social status. Korea does.Germany has a system that weeds out kids at critical periods and forever the opportunity to be a college graduate is lost to them. Japan only educates the Japanese.... I have to deal with Mexicans here illegally and their request for primary sources in spanish for them. 5. We do not even have word that truly equates to the Japanese word for sensi. I am disparaged, yelled at by parents and cursed out by their spawn. There is not a cultural respect and elevation of educators in our nation. We regard Kobe Bryant and his pay reflects our cultural appreciation for his job through his wages. 6. kids are socially promoted because we are a feel good nation that doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. The last team in a little league is still given a trophy. Our education reflects our values as a nation. I had high state test scores in my subject are and a high pass rate of students. I am laid off now, taking a $30,000 cut in my pay because tenured teachers have rights to the class before me. I hate the unions too, but voters need to put the pressure on legislatures to make change. My union works against me and my fellow Americans are ignorant of the reality of the education system. I know the failures of my field, but I can not solve them alone. Please fact check before you grip

Those yahoo comments on any political story/ story about the economy look like the beginning of a neo-french revolution in the U.S. lol