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20 Worst-Paying College Degrees in 2010
yahoo ^ | Friday, July 30, 2010 | Lynn O'Shaughnessy

Posted on 08/07/2010 10:07:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Included among the 20 worst-paying college degrees are elementary education, special education, social work and child and family studies. That's the conclusion of the latest annual study of college degrees by Payscale, Inc. that compiled starting and mid-career pay for dozens of college majors.

Child and family studies earned the honors as the worst-paying college major. The average graduate earns a beginning salary of $29,500. What's equally discouraging is that the salary of someone in this field will barely budge after 15 years in the profession.

Food is another common theme for students who major in the worst-paying college degrees. Students who earn degrees in horticulture, dietetics and the culinary arts are more likely to end up struggling financially.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


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To: Dilbert San Diego

Gosh you need lots of math to make any money. Didn’t see that one.


21 posted on 08/07/2010 10:29:40 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: BenLurkin

Finance major in progress, I make more at my internship than I did as a full time GM for a hospitality company. I also enjoy laughing at the social work and interdisciplinary studies people... I think they should rename the interdisciplinary studies degree “I don’t excel in anything” degree.


22 posted on 08/07/2010 10:29:55 AM PDT by DCrockett53
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To: Perdogg

I’d like to see her Hooters.


23 posted on 08/07/2010 10:30:50 AM PDT by DCrockett53
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To: McLynnan

Sounds great! Make sure you treat her nice now! ;-)


24 posted on 08/07/2010 10:32:14 AM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

No sure, sounds like they’re lining up for gov’t jobs.


25 posted on 08/07/2010 10:33:30 AM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
But I can’t see how someone with a degree in women’s studies has any marketability in the job market.

I used to think the same thing. Then I stumbled across a list of all the federal gummint grants that cater to this crowd.

I have never been able to decide whether I want to see all of these majors nuked or am glad they exist so that the people who take them stay isolated from those on campus actually trying to learn something.

26 posted on 08/07/2010 10:34:01 AM PDT by freespirited (There are a lot of bad Republicans but there are no good Democrats.--Ann Coulter)
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To: DCrockett53

I just went back to school for chemical engineering my self. I laugh at the students who rack up 50K in debt for a 30K job.


27 posted on 08/07/2010 10:36:22 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: LibFreeOrDie
Yup, the highest-paying degrees all involve math/science (except the Government major):

Correct. Just goes to show that if you can master something useful (except for the government major), you will earn more than if you excel in the useless.

I wonder where plumbers, electricians, and other skilled trades would fall on that scale. I suspect they'd be fairly high, or at least they would have scored high before the illegals flooded the home-building market in some areas.

28 posted on 08/07/2010 10:38:20 AM PDT by meyer (Our own government has become our enemy,...)
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To: BenLurkin

From the article:

“If you’d rather end up with one of the best-paying college degrees, you’ll have to major in something that requires a lot of math classes.”

You could take any one of the “20 worst” degrees listed, add math, and make more money.


29 posted on 08/07/2010 10:38:59 AM PDT by thecodont
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To: optiguy; Perdogg
One of your girlfriends? High five.

Definitely earning the "dogg" part of his name. Yeah, ^5!

Or totally nuts! :)

30 posted on 08/07/2010 10:41:42 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: thecodont

I love math, just took a 7 week course in calc II. Man that was fast.


31 posted on 08/07/2010 10:41:56 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: jimpick

Interesting list and bears out my opinion that you can’t go wrong with just about any engineering degree. Wish more kids were counseled about their study choices before they waste four years on something that won’t ever keep a roof over their heads.


32 posted on 08/07/2010 10:43:14 AM PDT by McLynnan
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To: BenLurkin

surely African American Studies belongs on that list.


33 posted on 08/07/2010 10:45:43 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: McLynnan

Yep! Nuke medicine is a very good paying field for a 4-year degree, and demand is definitely high. I live near Yale, and i know several young people who make well over a hundred grand a year in Nuke medicine.


34 posted on 08/07/2010 10:46:49 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

Engineering is high-paying IF you can get an Engineering job.


35 posted on 08/07/2010 10:46:59 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: LibFreeOrDie

I chose wisely ... Biomedical engineering FOR THE WIN!


36 posted on 08/07/2010 10:49:17 AM PDT by ThE_RiPpEr.
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To: LibFreeOrDie
Yup, the highest-paying degrees all involve math/science (except the Government major)

I beg to differ. Working in government places a high premium on the ability to lie. And, while figures don't lie, liars certainly need to know how to figure.

37 posted on 08/07/2010 10:51:08 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Dilbert San Diego
But I can’t see how someone with a degree in women’s studies has any marketability in the job market.

Journalism.

38 posted on 08/07/2010 10:51:32 AM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
But I can’t see how someone with a degree in women’s studies
has any marketability in the job market.


There's always a need for a professor or program develop-
ment gal to tell a college or university that they need
more women's studies people.
39 posted on 08/07/2010 10:52:09 AM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie
That's prodigious!


40 posted on 08/07/2010 10:54:26 AM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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