Majors to go into

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Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

According to my honors college director sister, you are wrong. I trust her more than you.

So you trust info form one source.
I trust myself from various sources altogether.
You are wrong.

One source who is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 30 years in higher education over rando internet guy. Yes, I do.

Lol business is a useless major, I think that poster is drunk.
What degree does she think accountants get. Omg!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

“A few exceptions”, yes. Business at most schools is a waste of money and those graduates are managing the local Anthropologie. There are specific business schools that are worthwhile, and it’s a short list.

No, far less waste of money than English History at the same school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.

Some people may get lucky, but on the average looking depressing

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/emerson-college/academic-life/academic-majors/communication-journalism-media/journalism/#:~:text=Salary%20of%20Journalism%20Graduates%20with%20a%20Master's%20Degree,Their%20median%20salary%20is%20%2442%2C650

"Journalism majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Emerson go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $33,900 a year. This is higher than $30,000"

Even with grad degree

"Journalism majors graduating with a master's degree from Emerson make a median salary of $35,000 a year"

My god, you’re tiresome. Are you even employed because you’re all over this forum making fun of people who major in what interests them instead of what makes the most money. Are you an unemployed finance bro wannabe?

It's a good information and reality people need to know when making decisions.
That is in fact an important function of this forum.

who says it's "GOOD" information? It's BS and you've been called out several times. not everyone is going to be a lawyer, doctor, dentist, fireman or engineer and what you cannot seem to understand is that most of the world is not and there are jobs that enable those other jobs which pay VERY well. I am not talking about trash people or McDonalds workers. Even the nonprofit sector, if you work your way up to a leadership position, you're making a very comfortable living and working in a mission oriented field. There's a job out there for everyone and all degrees. Some degrees may not directly and clearly relate to the job someone has, but the learning they had along the way to that major has enabled them to be successful in their job.

WTF expected salary for chosen major and career field is not good information?
People like you make the student loan problem a national crisis, and beg for debt forgiveness.

BTW since you mentioned "people like me", I am paying 100% of my kids college education as it was paid for me (gasp liberal arts degree) by my parents. So no I am not contributing to any student loan debt crisis nor would I ask for forgiveness. But I also know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there are tons of great jobs with great salaries out there for all kinds of majors.

Case in point, I just had a 2022 grad with a leadership or communications degree or something like that from a good but not top school, turn down my $60K entry level salary, telling me she has other offers in the $75-80K range. Ok so yeah that is less than the SDE at Amazon are starting at, but hardly minimum wage. I hire people for a living and I know what people are making with what degrees more than average folks on the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.

Some people may get lucky, but on the average looking depressing

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/emerson-college/academic-life/academic-majors/communication-journalism-media/journalism/#:~:text=Salary%20of%20Journalism%20Graduates%20with%20a%20Master's%20Degree,Their%20median%20salary%20is%20%2442%2C650

"Journalism majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Emerson go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $33,900 a year. This is higher than $30,000"

Even with grad degree

"Journalism majors graduating with a master's degree from Emerson make a median salary of $35,000 a year"

None of the jobs I named were journalism.

This is not just for journalism jobs.
This is overall for journalism major graduates from Emerson.
Many of them are stocking at Walmart, serving at restaurants, etc.

The degree is communications. I never mentioned journalism. Are you drunk?

LMFAO like communication is any better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

According to my honors college director sister, you are wrong. I trust her more than you.

So you trust info form one source.
I trust myself from various sources altogether.
You are wrong.

One source who is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 30 years in higher education over rando internet guy. Yes, I do.

She's still wrong.
She spent her time just in higher education, not in actual industries hiring.

[Anonymous]

People are clueless.
No wonder why this country has student debt crisis crying for debt forgiveness.

Pick any school, and compare salary between besiness major and English/Philosophy.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?page=0&sort=threshold_earnings:desc&toggle=institutions

[Anonymous]

Doesn't matter what you major in for undergrad. Your graduate degree matters much more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are clueless.
No wonder why this country has student debt crisis crying for debt forgiveness.

Pick any school, and compare salary between besiness major and English/Philosophy.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?page=0&sort=threshold_earnings:desc&toggle=institutions

Sockpuppeting now, eh?

By the way, thanks so much.
For formatting all of your posts in this strange way.
So that we can easily identify which comments are from the guy talking out of his ass like he knows anything, when he’s just parked on DCUM all afternoon because he has nothing better to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

According to my honors college director sister, you are wrong. I trust her more than you.

So you trust info form one source.
I trust myself from various sources altogether.
You are wrong.

One source who is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 30 years in higher education over rando internet guy. Yes, I do.

She's still wrong.
She spent her time just in higher education, not in actual industries hiring.

Dude bro you’re embarrassing yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are clueless.
No wonder why this country has student debt crisis crying for debt forgiveness.

Pick any school, and compare salary between besiness major and English/Philosophy.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?page=0&sort=threshold_earnings:desc&toggle=institutions

Sockpuppeting now, eh?

By the way, thanks so much.
For formatting all of your posts in this strange way.
So that we can easily identify which comments are from the guy talking out of his ass like he knows anything, when he’s just parked on DCUM all afternoon because he has nothing better to do.

+1 very helpful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

According to my honors college director sister, you are wrong. I trust her more than you.

So you trust info form one source.
I trust myself from various sources altogether.
You are wrong.

One source who is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 30 years in higher education over rando internet guy. Yes, I do.

Lol business is a useless major, I think that poster is drunk.
What degree does she think accountants get. Omg!

Do you know how college majors work? Accounting is in the School of Business, but it not a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. I know forums make nuance hard, but that was a leap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are clueless.
No wonder why this country has student debt crisis crying for debt forgiveness.

Pick any school, and compare salary between besiness major and English/Philosophy.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?page=0&sort=threshold_earnings:desc&toggle=institutions

Sockpuppeting now, eh?

By the way, thanks so much.
For formatting all of your posts in this strange way.
So that we can easily identify which comments are from the guy talking out of his ass like he knows anything, when he’s just parked on DCUM all afternoon because he has nothing better to do.

+1 very helpful

+1 He’s all over the college forum and the only thing that matters to him is money. Zero interest in education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

According to my honors college director sister, you are wrong. I trust her more than you.

So you trust info form one source.
I trust myself from various sources altogether.
You are wrong.

One source who is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 30 years in higher education over rando internet guy. Yes, I do.

Lol business is a useless major, I think that poster is drunk.
What degree does she think accountants get. Omg!

Do you know how college majors work? Accounting is in the School of Business, but it not a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. I know forums make nuance hard, but that was a leap.

Yes Bachelors in Business is what the degree says.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With just a few exceptions, an undergraduate degree in business is not valued. Major in English or Philosophy then get an MBA. Employers want people who can think and write. Minor in marketing if that interests her.

Our country desperately needs professional, real journalists. It’s hard to make it but critical to a healthy country. It’s important work but I can’t imagine how maddening it is to compete for clicks with all the trash bloggers pretending to be journalists.


Kids change their majors all the time. Let her explore and figure it out on her own.

You are wrong. MBA is someting you would consider much later after you had a real career.
Business progams are harder to get in, and they get recruited first.
(for universities with undergraduate business programs, ie UPENN UVA Cornell Notre Dame MIT Georgetown, etc.)

School prestige matters more than STEM field for business.
However you would really need school prestige for majors like English Philosophy.

According to my honors college director sister, you are wrong. I trust her more than you.

So you trust info form one source.
I trust myself from various sources altogether.
You are wrong.

One source who is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 30 years in higher education over rando internet guy. Yes, I do.

Lol business is a useless major, I think that poster is drunk.
What degree does she think accountants get. Omg!

Do you know how college majors work? Accounting is in the School of Business, but it not a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. I know forums make nuance hard, but that was a leap.

Yes Bachelors in Business is what the degree says.

Woosh.

[Anonymous]

Clueless people get angry at the data and facts LOL