As a hiring manager/director -- I've been burned too many times by generic degrees in marketing/communication. It seems to produce individuals who only think and write in sound bites. Get a degrees which develops and advances skills in critical thinking, writing and analysis. I've had greater success in hiring english, history and (believe it or not) anthropolgy majors -- with minors data analytics or econ. I can teach you how to be successful in our company and industry -- but I dont have time to teach you how to think and write

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.

Some people may get lucky, but on the average looking depressing

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/emerson-college/academic-life/academic-majors/communication-journalism-media/journalism/#:~:text=Salary%20of%20Journalism%20Graduates%20with%20a%20Master's%20Degree,Their%20median%20salary%20is%20%2442%2C650

"Journalism majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Emerson go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $33,900 a year. This is higher than $30,000"

Even with grad degree

"Journalism majors graduating with a master's degree from Emerson make a median salary of $35,000 a year"

None of the jobs I named were journalism.

This is not just for journalism jobs.
This is overall for journalism major graduates from Emerson.
Many of them are stocking at Walmart, serving at restaurants, etc.

PP never mentioned journalism at all, you illiterate simp.

Anonymous wrote:Hi! I know I could get this advice from just the internet but I wanted to see if any of you had any advice suggestions on it. My daughter is interested in possibly marketing and journalism. She thinks marketing is a safer way to go but thinks journalism would be much cooler. What even are jobs in journalism that you can do that allow you to travel and learn and make a difference? Or in marketing? She is looking into what she might want to do in her future and just looking for suggestion. She is outgoing, kind, friendly.

At most schools, marketing is going to be in the college of business and journalism will be in the communications school. Journalism is a pretty narrow focus, and most communications programs are expanding into digital media, public relations, broadcasting, sports management, etc. The focus is really going to depend on the programs offered at each school. I think a double major or hybrid program across the business school and comm school sounds like a great opportunity. Throw a minor in computer science in there and you'll have a winner!

Anonymous wrote:I would not pay for my child’s education if they desired to pursue journalism or marketing. Sorry, but I am only paying for high paying professional jobs.

Once again, who do you think runs business? Not STEM majors. This board is so weird that you seem to think no one exists unless they are in IT.
OP, my DH was a journalism major and has had a great career in marketing communications predominately in IT/software industry. Tons of jobs, six figures. That said, I wouldn’t recommend journalism as a major, marketing with a journalism minor sounds like a direct path to Marketing/communications and there are absolutely jobs in that field.

Anonymous wrote:If your child is good at math or science, I'd encourage them to double major or get a minor in a STEM field. There's lots of marketing for tech and medical/pharma companies, and scientific journalism is also a niche. It will give them a hook apart from the other marketing or journalism majors if the economy is sour in a few years when they graduate.

Yes, I always advice students to get at least a minor in something STEM/ hard business (finance/accounting/economics) if they don't absolutely hate math/science. get whatever major you that excites you, any LA degree will build your critical thinking and develop high level writing skills. But having that STEM/business background will help you have an advantage for getting jobs. While the tech companies do hire people for marketing/writing jobs/etc, it certainly helps to have some STEM background if you want to go into technical writing or marketing at a technical company. It just opens more doors for you

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Anonymous wrote:I would not pay for my child’s education if they desired to pursue journalism or marketing. Sorry, but I am only paying for high paying professional jobs.

So is everyone else. But we can't have everyone becoming doctors or lawyers or programmers. Someone has to pick up trash, clean the streets, take your fast food order, drive your Uber, pick up and deliver your fast food order...

Get your kid pick up trash and deliver fast food

Anonymous wrote:I would not pay for my child’s education if they desired to pursue journalism or marketing. Sorry, but I am only paying for high paying professional jobs.

So is everyone else. But we can't have everyone becoming doctors or lawyers or programmers. Someone has to pick up trash, clean the streets, take your fast food order, drive your Uber, pick up and deliver your fast food order...

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.

Some people may get lucky, but on the average looking depressing

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/emerson-college/academic-life/academic-majors/communication-journalism-media/journalism/#:~:text=Salary%20of%20Journalism%20Graduates%20with%20a%20Master's%20Degree,Their%20median%20salary%20is%20%2442%2C650

"Journalism majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Emerson go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $33,900 a year. This is higher than $30,000"

Even with grad degree

"Journalism majors graduating with a master's degree from Emerson make a median salary of $35,000 a year"

None of the jobs I named were journalism.

This is not just for journalism jobs.
This is overall for journalism major graduates from Emerson.
Many of them are stocking at Walmart, serving at restaurants, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.

Some people may get lucky, but on the average looking depressing

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/emerson-college/academic-life/academic-majors/communication-journalism-media/journalism/#:~:text=Salary%20of%20Journalism%20Graduates%20with%20a%20Master's%20Degree,Their%20median%20salary%20is%20%2442%2C650

"Journalism majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Emerson go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $33,900 a year. This is higher than $30,000"

Even with grad degree

"Journalism majors graduating with a master's degree from Emerson make a median salary of $35,000 a year"

None of the jobs I named were journalism.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

Please don't listen to this person. Marketing majors don't "go into finance." Even accounting majors, who take much more finance than marketing majors do, have a hard time landing desirable finance jobs.

Yes. You can get a degree in pretty much anything and go into finance. You literally only have to take economics 1&2 to get a finance job which are easy electives.

I think maybe your definition of a finance job is not the same as mine.

Maybe. He’s not doing financial analytics. He’s training to be a financial manager. He’s not trading. My sons other friend is doing financial analytics but he doesn’t have a major in communications.

If your child is good at math or science, I'd encourage them to double major or get a minor in a STEM field. There's lots of marketing for tech and medical/pharma companies, and scientific journalism is also a niche. It will give them a hook apart from the other marketing or journalism majors if the economy is sour in a few years when they graduate.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.

Some people may get lucky, but on the average looking depressing

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/emerson-college/academic-life/academic-majors/communication-journalism-media/journalism/#:~:text=Salary%20of%20Journalism%20Graduates%20with%20a%20Master's%20Degree,Their%20median%20salary%20is%20%2442%2C650

"Journalism majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Emerson go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $33,900 a year. This is higher than $30,000"

Even with grad degree

"Journalism majors graduating with a master's degree from Emerson make a median salary of $35,000 a year"

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Anonymous wrote:None of my kids currently is employed in a job related in any significant way to their college majors, and all of them are doing just fine professionally, economically, and socially. Three of the four are making six figures.

Your job as a parent, assuming you can afford it, is to pay for college. That's it. Not to pick your kid's major, tell them what to major in, or refuse to pay for college if you don't like the major.

Too bad, kids picked the majors becasue they like it and have passion about the subject, but forced to work for someting not related.
Sorry about that.

Nice try.

The point is that interests change and develop, that there's a difference between assisting your kid and trying to control her, and that no one is shackled to a given career path because of their major in college.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

Please don't listen to this person. Marketing majors don't "go into finance." Even accounting majors, who take much more finance than marketing majors do, have a hard time landing desirable finance jobs.

Yes. You can get a degree in pretty much anything and go into finance. You literally only have to take economics 1&2 to get a finance job which are easy electives.

I think maybe your definition of a finance job is not the same as mine.

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Anonymous wrote:None of my kids currently is employed in a job related in any significant way to their college majors, and all of them are doing just fine professionally, economically, and socially. Three of the four are making six figures.

Your job as a parent, assuming you can afford it, is to pay for college. That's it. Not to pick your kid's major, tell them what to major in, or refuse to pay for college if you don't like the major.

Too bad, kids picked the majors becasue they like it and have passion about the subject, but forced to work for someting not related.
Sorry about that.

Kids only have 1 interest or passion?