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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by eli_gottlieb on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:36AM (#14366666)
>Obviously nobody has a crystal ball and you can never tell when huge, industry-wrecking changes are coming, but it was well understood that majoring in Underwater Basket Weaving was not a great idea from a financial point of view. Have we forgotten this lesson?

The most common undergraduate major is Business. The "liberal arts and humanities" make up about, what was it, 12% of all bachelor's degrees?

Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by lotsofpulp on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:39AM (#14366680)
In my experience, a business major is the new communications or psych major. Basically, a last resort for those who can't do anything else.
Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by geomark on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:57AM (#14366780)
I worked at a large aerospace company which had a large contingent of business majors needed for all the required compliance reporting. They weren't paid well compared to the engineers. Those business people always joked that if the could have they would have become engineers, but they couldn't handle math so they became business majors.
Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by eli_gottlieb on Thursday May 18, 2017 @01:18PM (#14369078)
In terms of content, sure, but that's something we know after graduating. You try telling the kids going in that the major marked "business" is a money-loser.