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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh, this is making me upset that my kid wants to major in government or history.  I don't know what he's going to do coming out of college.[/quote]
Yep. I’m concerned for my kid majoring in psychology. So far everyone who has responded with a successes had kids who majored in accounting, comp sci, or engineering. [/quote]

With that couldn’t they go to grad school to become a therapist or school counselor? I know it’s not always ideal to do more school but those are pretty stable jobs.[/quote]

+1 psych majors need a masters for a stable job, unless at a T10/ivy where Psych majors can commonly roll into consulting jobs (though most are premeds). A psychology major needs to have a plan early to find a job and should be interning or doing research every summer of college to build the resume that is flexible for being hired in many sectors. 
It used to be CS and engineers had it easy in the job search but now that is turning around and they have to hustle almost as much as psych majors. It will get worse for CS in particular for a while. Reports that Cornell CS/comp has 15% unemployed 6 mos out. Psych majors are not nearly that bad off.[/quote]

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