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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are English majors in high demand?[/quote]

Actually, yes. The future is bright for humanities majors.[/quote]
For low paying jobs.[/quote]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/here-are-college-majors-with-the-highest-and-lowest-rate-of-return.html

College majors with the highest and lowest return

[quote]A recent study published in the American Educational Research Journal found that engineering and computer science majors provide the highest returns in lifetime earnings, followed by business, health, and math and science majors.[b] Education and humanities majors and arts majors had the lowest returns of the 10 fields of study considered.

STEM, health and business majors are among the highest-paying, leading to average annual wages that are higher at the entry level and significantly greater over the course of a career compared with liberal arts and humanities majors.[/b][/quote][/quote]

Adjusted for college rank?

Anthro majors at Dartmouth do not equal anthro majors at UMD
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sure, but even so, an anthro major at Dartmouth, is not going to have an easy time finding a job compared to a CS or business major from a T50.

I almost minored in anthro; I think it's a very interesting field, but hard to find a good paying job.[/quote]

I think one of the most popular majors at Dartmouth is anthropology and a lot of kids get jobs at investment banks. It’s a known thing there….[/quote]

Outcome for English major at Dartmouth is not good at all
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?182670-Dartmouth-College&fos_code=2301&fos_credential=3
$55730

Lower than the median for the Catholic University of America at $76452.
Yikes.

I suspect the anthropology story is false or it's a rare weird tradition developed at Dartmouth for that particular major.

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I'd like to see the ^PP's Anthro stats from Dartmouth.

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/dartmouth-college/academic-life/academic-majors/social-sciences/anthropology/
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How Much Do Anthropology Graduates from Dartmouth Make?
$44,153 Bachelor's Median Salary[/quote]

https://www.collegefactual.com/majors/social-sciences/anthropology/rankings/most-focused/bachelors-degrees/new-england/new-hampshire/

[quote]Across New Hampshire, there were 143 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,339 and $21,176 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,795 and $24,203 respectively.[/quote]

$24K in debt with a salary lower than the median income of the US, which includes not college educated?   That's a really bad ROI.[/quote]

[b]Who's spreading the fake news?[/b]  
I suspect the prestige whores.

I don't know about others, but I would definitely go with the data and information.
 [/quote]

On another college website, [b]the most prolific spreaders of fake news are college professors and college admissions folks[/b]. Tey are trying to protect themselves and their jobs. Unethical to say the least.

That website has resorted to making up fake situations and fake posters in order to generate discussion. It's rules prohibit anyone from asserting that a post or poster is fake.[/quote]

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