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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/business/liberal-arts-stem-salaries.html

College is not trade school! What you make starting out isn’t very relevant. Think long-term.[/quote]
STEM majors aren’t in “trade school”.  :roll: They are as highly educated as their humanities peers and have as many options for flexible career shifts long term.

Also, while salaries may eventually equal out, that fast start allows STEM majors to pay off loans quickly, save to pay cash for a car, and save for a down payment on a house. Compound interest and early investment in the stock market is a wonderful thing for retirement.
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Which STEM majors are you referring to? I hope not biology, chemistry, botany, ecology, zoology or environmental science.

Not sure where accounting, finance, supply chain and MIS fit neatly into the STEM vs non-STEM debate (assuming the person majored in one of those subjects in undergrad; not talking about the sociology major from Harvard who made it into Wall Street). [/quote]

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