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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Easy reason: Because parents don't pick majors, their adult children do.

Reason in my family: The humanities are critical, and enhance your ability to succeed.  DH and I both have jobs that are basically translating STEM concepts into policy and persuasive documents.  STEM in the absence of humanities (includes history, communication, ethics, cultural studies, etc) is often useless or harmful.[/quote]

~Philosophy major making a good living[/quote]

I'm very happy that some people have made a good living with humanities degrees. However, nationwide representative data clearly show that humanities majors on average earn far less money than peers who majored in things like STEM or business. [/quote]

That's primarily the kid, not the degree. Self-motivated kids with humanities and liberal arts degrees do fine. Kids who are not self-motivated will not do fine, regardless of degree type. They are not as likely to finish a STEM degree, so you'll see more of them with completed degrees elsewhere, but it's not like signing up for STEM would have changed their outlook or likelihood of success. [/quote]

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