Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 23:29     Subject: Re:Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:Average starting salaries for History majors is $30k-$50k.


It’s going to be ok, Reina, OP’s kid probably isn’t thinking a BA in History will be his terminal degree.

And if not, better a $50k history job than a $0 AI displaced tech job.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 23:11     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some History majors must make next to nothing to bring the average salary below $50k with all these IB industry titans in the mix.


history is very mid-table. not great, not bad. you forget these stats are MOSTLY from kids graduating from local and regional colleges, since that 's where most people graduate from college. your history degree from yale won't have this same outcome

https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:explore:outcomes-by-major


$77k mid-career? Thanks, but no thanks.


🙄🙄🙄 Please read previous posts.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 22:58     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some History majors must make next to nothing to bring the average salary below $50k with all these IB industry titans in the mix.


history is very mid-table. not great, not bad. you forget these stats are MOSTLY from kids graduating from local and regional colleges, since that 's where most people graduate from college. your history degree from yale won't have this same outcome

https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:explore:outcomes-by-major


$77k mid-career? Thanks, but no thanks.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 22:55     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Major doesn’t matter if you go to a T20 school.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 22:50     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Could the people saying they went into investment banking or became a CEO please give more detail about how? It’s hard to see the connection otherwise. Maybe it was just that these companies recruited heavily from their Ivy League school and it literally wouldn’t have mattered what they had studied?

They all went to get graduate degrees.


The same can be said for many STEM majors. Grad school. Why is it hard to see the connection…why would a math or bio major be more of a connection to CEO? 🙄 To be CEO, you need good leadership skills in what ever field you’re in, public speaking, critical thinking, broad network and knowledge base…probably a grad degree. Doesn’t matter if you’re a history, poli sci, bio, CS major.



You need to write well. Most humanities majors write better than STEM.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 22:35     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
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Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 21:37     Subject: Re:Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The university will matter for this degree.


Wrong.


No, they’re obviously correct that the university matters. With a major based on hard skills—engineering or nursing or whatever—it matters much less. An essential part of a history major’s education at Princeton or Bowdoin or wherever is the soft skill of being collegial with members of the ruling class
—an experience less readily available at Oregon State (to choose at random a very fine school that is not terribly chic). And I haven’t even mentioned the reality of connections, credentials, etc.


This has got to be satire. If not... wow. I'm embarrassed for you. My DC majored in history at a state school and is well-employed. Oh, and he also uses his "soft skills" every day. Don't you fret.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 20:22     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:mine is hoping to teach.

FWIW, I know this isn't a high prestige career, but at our private HS, the starting salary is 90k and goes up to 175k after 10 years with full benefits and summers off. It sort of tops out around there, but take on a secondary capacity (ie volleyball coach for a season) and add 10k.

We're well off so can afford helping our kids with down payments and college for their kids, which will make life a whole lot easier. But even without that cushion, it's not a bad outcome.


There aren’t enough eye rolls in the world


DP. Not enough eye rolls for what? OP’s candid and helpful response?
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 17:58     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:You must be rich. I would not pay for this degree.


You must be controlling and overbearing. I would not try to exercise control over my children using purse strings.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 17:31     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Could the people saying they went into investment banking or became a CEO please give more detail about how? It’s hard to see the connection otherwise. Maybe it was just that these companies recruited heavily from their Ivy League school and it literally wouldn’t have mattered what they had studied?

They all went to get graduate degrees.


The same can be said for many STEM majors. Grad school. Why is it hard to see the connection…why would a math or bio major be more of a connection to CEO? 🙄 To be CEO, you need good leadership skills in what ever field you’re in, public speaking, critical thinking, broad network and knowledge base…probably a grad degree. Doesn’t matter if you’re a history, poli sci, bio, CS major.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 17:03     Subject: Sophomore DC just declared history major
Anonymous wrote:Could the people saying they went into investment banking or became a CEO please give more detail about how? It’s hard to see the connection otherwise. Maybe it was just that these companies recruited heavily from their Ivy League school and it literally wouldn’t have mattered what they had studied?

They all went to get graduate degrees.