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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: Being overly sensitive not to dox them, it's the type of major that literally everyone in the field has told us "it doesn't matter at all where you went to school." It also requires a masters and doesn't pay a whole ton (tops out around $80-100k maybe). [/quote]

Here's the rub, there is a very good chance that he will change his major.  Something like 2/3 of incoming freshman change their major at least once. [/quote]

This is where you really need to know your kid. I shared above that DD made a similar choice for a lower-cost LAC. She's pursuing a field she's been passionate about since very young, had worked/volunteered in the field throughout HS, attended a pre-college program to get exposure to the academics. She still had to figure out specific paths, concentration, etc. in the major and picked a school that could support that exploration and various paths but the major was not in doubt. She's a junior now, never considered a change, and has had internships in the major every summer to continue to confirm this is what she wants to do. She knows it's a field that will not make her rich but she's fine with that.

If this had been a recent interest, oh I might like to do that, sounds fun, etc. way of choosing a major, I might have nudged to a different school.

It was similar with my sister, back in the 90s. She wanted to be a nurse, had always wanted to be a nurse, excelled in science classes through school, and volunteered at the hospital from as soon as she was old enough to do so. She got into Penn nursing and several state Us. Penn was too much of a stretch financially for our parents, so she went to her favorite, very affordable, regional public U. She's had a great career - now has a doctorate in nursing and teaches. For nursing, it really doesn't matter where you go. [/quote]

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