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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Snobbery?

STEM is hot. Law is prestigious. DCUM seems to not like many majors outside those fields. 
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I think degrees in nursing, early childhood education, soil science, construction management, etc. are all better than a business degree, and I imagine that most DCUMers would agree with me. It's not about snobbery at all. [/quote]

Early childhood education is important but you run the risk of making as low as minimum wage for your entire career.  It would be a terrible financial decision to major in it.[/quote]

Disagree. Elementary school pay is not minimum wage. I just looked it up and in my district (Arlington) pay starts at 35 dollars an hour, plus benefits, for a 10-month job. Annual raises aren't great but if you do some online coursework to get a masters and you teach year-round, you can definitely be making 100K by the end of your career. I think elementary education is just as good as a general business degree in terms of ROI, all things considered. And we know that elementary education isn't a lucrative degree, which underscores how bad a business degree can be.

(To be clear, a business major is fine if you really hustle or already have connections, and obviously business-related majors like finance and accounting are way more lucrative than elementary education.)[/quote]

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