A recent study found almost half of college graduates with a Fine Arts degree framed and hanging on their wall regret the choice of their major.
Seriously. No one should underappreciate the talent of bagpiping but having a degree of its theories from Carnegie Mellon is only going to get you so far. The demand for expertise in the field isn’t rising with time. And seriously, Carnegie Mellon does offer a degree.
“Liberal Arts, if you do not take it to the next step of going to get a law degree or some other master’s degree, it’s going to be some type of behavioral science or some type of liberal art,” says David Cathey, a partner with Unity Search Group, one of the top recruiting companies in the country, who helps people get good jobs.
A bachelor's degree in Egyptology is great for cocktail parties when the topic of mummies comes up, but as a career choice it’s not likely to get you in the C Suite.
“Engineering is fantastic,” recommends Cathey. “Any of the STEM programs, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.”
And not to rub salt in the wound, but the college that beat the Texas A&M Aggies on the football field last week, Appalachian State University, offers degrees in Fermentation Science, as in beer. Then again, it’s a science, so it’s a STEM.
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