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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/19/college-majors-computer-science-humanities/

That’s expected.  But in the future, if there are too many CS graduates and too few English and history graduates, the supply and demand relationship might change.

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How many opening a year do you think there are for newly minted history BAs? I’d be shocked if there were any[/quote]

There are plenty of places that hire and then train and just want "anyone with a BS/BA".  They are looking for people with the ability to communicate, with critical thinking skills who are willing to work hard.   Some even put you thru a full day of personality/critical thinking testing and if you don't make the cut, you don't even start interviewing.  Hint: only ~15% make the cut where my kid is.  Tons of humanities and social sciences majors working with/along side busines/finance/stem majors.  
I know a NMFinalist who has graduated college, I consider really really smart and was a psychology major and eventually plans to go onto PHD in psych and couldn't even get to the interview round yet my "average, no APs in HS, struggled initially in college, 1200 Sat kid, cannot test their way out of a box kid" landed a job and is doing great--in fact my kid had multiple rounds of interviews, and has since been told it was their critical thinking skills that were a large part of why they wanted them as an employee.  My kid is NOT a humanities major--was a business major. But still, has a great job because of their crucial thinking skills, not their major specifically.

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So none. All of those jobs would also take a cs or chem major. [/quote]

By the time your kid who was forced to be a CS or Chem major against their will/wishes graduates college and is job searching, they might not do so well on the "day of testing" because you have managed to kill their critical thinking/love of learning and desire to excel in life by forcing them into a narrow path that makes you happy.

Or your kid could major in what they want to with a plan for a career path (do art history, and minor in business or marketing to make yourself more "marketable") and be doing the same job as someone with a chem degree and getting paid the same.  However the art history kid is happier with life and actually able to do a better job because of that since they chose their own path, not mommy & daddy's path.

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