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10 most-regretted majors: After graduation, ‘reality hits’
Still, 44% of all job seekers with college degrees regret their field of study.
Journalism, sociology, communications and education all topped the list of most-regretted college majors, according to ZipRecruiter’s survey of more than 1,500 college graduates who were looking for a job.
Good prospects, higher pay means less regret All in, the top-paying college majors earn $3.4 million more than the lowest-paying majors over a lifetime.
Graduates entering the workforce with good career prospects and high starting salaries are the most satisfied with their field of study, job site ZipRecruiter also found.
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I wonder where is economics. I guess it's somewhere between 52% and 58%?
I'm surprised they broke the business fields out so granularly, but lumped all engineering together.
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I've got a kid who's going to have to start thinking about a direction in life over the next few years. I'm not very confident in what advice to give, though I do think fields of study that offer practical training for an in demand profession are always en vogue. I'm not surprised to see CS, engineering, or nursing at the top of the list of least-regretted majors, but those tend to benefit from fairly specific personality types, and even then the industries stand to see significant disruption in the next decade.
Part of university should be about nurturing your own natural curiosity and exploring your interests. But ignoring the practical reality of the prospects of a good paying job in that pression is daft, especially with the ever increasing tuition rates. I hope he's able to settle on something like one of these few fields that satisfies his personal interests, offers a creative outlet and plenty of opportunity. The prospect of choosing a career on the first try that perfectly satisfies one's ikigai is daunting, especially when the stakes are so high. His personality is different enough from my own that I wonder if he might be happier with an entrepreneurial endeavor rather than something like engineering/CS. If so, I'll try to encourage that, but it's certainly a path that could likewise lead to regret. It's certainly an interesting time to be facing this decision and finding a place in the world.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 14h
Engineering 👏👏
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it's too general, there is no "engineering" major
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @LowK3y19 23h
I can see journalism being up there
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 18h
We can all see it being up there in the screenshot... 😝
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