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The major is often different from the career you end up pursuing. What's important is to choose something that's in their wheelhouse, otherwise they're not going to last 4 years and it's your money down the drain.

That being said, you can advise them to tweak their choices to protect themselves. My son loves history and military strategy. He chose an International Affairs major, with a concentratino in security policy, and at my request, is doing a Bachelors of Science version that includes a ton of data science courses. Because the data science will come in useful for analysis positions in his field, or for switching to a different career.

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Smart to suggest adding in the Data Science.  It will open doors to many other areas as well.  That is what OP DD needs to do.  Start to figure out what she actually wants to do.  Because like you said a IA major is more practical than just a history major.  and your son gave it focus with the security concentration and data science (BS is almost always better than BA, it's more rigorous)

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+1 smart kid.  Smart parents [/quote]

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