I remember also having read that while liberal arts are bad paid at the beginning of their career and strugle to find a first job that jumpstart their career, they mostly level (and in many cases overachieve) the difference with engineers after 20 years. http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/college-degree-pay-careers-...

Studies and articles focus on just-out-of-college salary, but that's not the whole story...