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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Majoring in and then pursuing a career in the fine arts, [b]museums, English/writing,[/b] Classics, or the like has become again what those things originally were: elite niche fields for those rich enough to be unburdened by the need to prepare to work for money.  These are not jobs for upper middle class privileged kids whose parents pay full-ride for them to study engineering or business, they are "passions" for people who will never have to think about money, ever.

When I was at Harvard, I met people like this and realized very quickly that there was a level of wealthy I had never imagined.

Most kids today can't afford to major in the humanities, and need a utilitarian business or STEM degree because they need a high-paying job to maintain the standard of living their parents hold.  The trustfund kid who attended Rosey in Switzerland for boarding school and is a billionaire just for her name can afford to major in English or Latin or Art History and have a "passion."  That is not a rational choice or option for the majority of college kids today, though.  It's a big change from decades ago, when just getting a BA in anything was enough to ensure an upper middle class lifestyle.  [/quote]

Your take is out of touch. Kid and kid's bestie are in one of those majors. The departments are smaller than STEM at their ivy, for undergrad, but the professors know everyone across the world and have connections.  The undergrad majors who are not premeds trying to get an easier major are all gunning for phD(paid). PhD is needed for most museum jobs of worth these days: only 1/3 of phD stay in academia, so top jobs need the phd now. 
The ones who do not go phD often get a job in arts consulting. From the top schools these pay extremely well because they are top consulting companies and they target ivy/T15. 
Masters in writing is commonly fully funded, or at least the top 10 programs are(one of which is Iowa). Top masters in humanities can have funding as well but all phDs do. Look up phD admission for humanities areas at ivies: the admit rate is less than 5%. They are harder to get than stem phD. Many qualified candidates do a masters first and the top programs have funding for them. The rest do high dollar consulting which loves humanities-major kids, especially if the family does not have funds for an unpaid masters. [/quote]

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