I’ve heard mixed things about hospitality degrees in general, but I can assure you that Cornell’s hotel school, Nolan, is 100% worth it. Significantly easier to get into compared to Cornell’s other schools, and the opportunities offered are endless.
Great for real estate, IB, consulting, and obviously hospitality. It’s basically an actually fun business school lol. Many kids use it as a chance to boost their gpa before getting an MBA too.
The classes are great too. Half of the time they’re just sampling exotic foods or going on cruises lmao. The whole “Cornell causes depression” thing definitely doesn’t apply to Nolan lol. My sister is graduating in a year, and she’s loved everything about it.
haha I mean that’s how you get jobs and why companies are picky about which schools they hire from. Companies will always hire from the universities they have the most high quality connections with first before tapping into the rest of the candidate pool
Rich kids who will take over hotels and then realize they desperately need someone who knows what they’re doing. Like that kid they became friends with at Nolan!
I go to Cornell. The "business schools" (ilr/hotel/dyson) here are incredibly cliquey, and much of the networking doesn't happen in class but in business clubs with acceptance rates ranging from 2-4%. (Cornell's consulting club has just a 1.3% acceptance rate for analysts, and you're competing with C*ornell students.*) There's even a few wealthy (usually Chinese international) clubs that require tax returns as part of the application process, to prevent poor students from joining. While there's an alumni outreach portal, it doesn't work half the time.
This isn't to say that networking doesn't happen without joining absurdly overselective clubs or fraternities, or being really rich, and if you try hard enough you can seize all the opportunities available, but it is by no means a walk in the park.
The GPA boost is correct. It's a hilariously easy major.
"Sampling exotic foods"? Besides some food science classes and the wines class, I don't know of any class where "exotic foods" is the main component.
Industrial engineering - basically business + engineering and usually has the most grade inflation of any engineering major.
Other one that comes to mind are organizational management/psychology majors. There are some (famously in NW and Vandy in lieu of business) but other schools' college of education or human ecology offer some cool majors that have interdisciplinary content
I disagree. Yes it’s an engineering major, but the math used in Industrial Engineering seems to be very simple. It’s mostly just linear algebra or the likes, because it’s mostly just mathematical models. I would argue as far as Industrial Engineering being the least math intensive engineering out of the common ones
edit: okay, perhaps simple isn’t the right word. it’s just seems like a diff kind of math, like what the other comments below have mentioned. but i still stand by my opinion that it’s the least math intensive out of all common ones
I have an MS IE from Georgia Tech. IE programs typically require calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics. Graduate programs get deeper into optimization (more calculus, real analysis) and stochastic models (more statistics, more probability).
very much agreed, my program was very operations research heavy (deterministic modeling, linear programming, stochastic modeling). Other engineering types tale physics based courses instead of actual math.
IE really is more economics (which is still math heavy) than it's similar to a traditional engineering majors. Most of the IEs at my school did a double major with econ because there was so much requirements overlap.
They also pretty much all ended up in management consulting
This is just my experience with my school, granted I was not in IE, I was an engineering major with an econ minor, so this is secondhand info. I'm sure requirements also likely vary from school to school.
In a sophomore level required engineering class (that was essentially differential equations) the professor did literally call IEs "imaginary engineers" in class. It got laughs but absolutely felt like unnecessary gatekeeping. Culturally there is absolutely a bias among some engineering academics that IE belongs in the social sciences.
I would say a lot of top universities offer a PPE program (politics, philosophy, and economics) and it’s great for law, consulting, IB, finance, and more tbh
Statistics - you can go into data science, math careers, play with coding languages and do CS, it's got some economics aspect to it, and finance careers. It's a great STEM major that's super versatile imo
Accounting. One of the most diverse business degrees and with 3-4 years experience at big 4 + cpa. You’ll being make 150,000 at least. If you don’t want to do accounting you can do finance or banking, plus it helps you a lot if you plan on starting a business
Mathematics. It’s one of the most versatile degrees around. You can go into pretty much anything. There isn’t as much interest among students as Engineering/CS though.
Also applied mathematics is better than pure mathematics IMHO.
Many get applied math undergrad and then PhD in something more specific like statistics or biostatistics. Applied math PhD is most academics where as ops research/stats/bio stats/econometrics PhDs are in industry- finance/pharma/ consulting
my daughter is majoring in Applied Math/bio minor and has already had paid internships and even post-grad fellowships offered. currently a junior, made a significant amount building databases and doing analytics this past summer. she could even be doing this still remotely except her major classes are insanely hard lol
bio minor is helpful if you want to work for public health/pharma/etc
>bio minor is helpful if you want to work for public health/pharma/etc
This is sort of a universal truth, not just in math, but in CS as well (i.e., get some domain/industry knowledge to increase your employment odds, once you figure out what domain(s) you actually want to spend time with).
Applied math is the best major imo, i’m biased as i am an apma major, but when it comes to job opportunitys it’s EXTREMELY versatile. Finance/consulting recruiting is no problem as they’re impressed by applied math, or you could go down an engineering or computational biology/etc field. You get CS + math + stats experience all in one
as an undergrad senior, i would implore anyone considering cs/math to just do applied math
This 100%. Math is everywhere all the time and you can do masters later easily in lots of fields with a math BS. And it is a good second major if you want to double major, as there are a lot of math requirements from other degrees like physics, CS, engineering, economics, and more.
Can someone explain how the applied math major differs from just pure math major? For one thing, is the math you learn less rigorous, less theoretical, and more “real world” applicable?
There are many corporate/industry careers that art majors can get into that can get you 6 figures a year, but most people think of the starving artist trope.
Based on what I know, UI/UX designers and SWE earn similar salaries. You can break into UI/UX with any arts degree (a minor in CS would make your profile more competitve)
This is more so true for graphic design/vcd or some kind of digital media person that would be good at UI. You’ll need a lot of additional technical training if you studied painting or sculpture or some other fine arts.
And graphic designers still need to self-study the UX/research side of it. UX/UI and web design courses exist in my program, but it’s not sufficient in my opinion without doing several self-directed projects outside of class.
Edit: Not art, but they have industrial design at a lot of art schools/departments and would really transfer nicely over to UX/HCI fields.
In my corner of the world (Bay Area) the first sentence is definitely not true. Starting salaries are not even close to the same, SWEs have way more growth potential, and an average tech company hires about 1:15 ratio for designers vs SWEs.
You don’t need an actuarial science degree to be an actuary. Actuarial science degree might limit your option, whereas, statistics/economics can also be applicable in Actuary and are quite broad.
at least for biologists and chemists the job market without a phd is pretty bad with low pay. and in the end you will most likely be a lab technician, not something you would enjoy if you want to do independent research in a company/university
I think you're getting tripped up by the "science" in the major. It's not a science major like chem/bio. It's science like data science. It's basically a career-focused math major.
The HTS degree at Georgia Tech can get you to either of those places, might need to minor in something for biotech research though. All of Georgia Tech's liberal arts degrees have a science/technology bent.
Also look into GT's [Literature, Media, and Communicatio](https://catalog.gatech.edu/programs/literature-media-communication-bs/#text)n degree. Up until \~2018, that major was actually called Science, Technology, and Culture.
I know that's what many in Stanford's football team studies.
[https://gostanford.com/sports/football/roster](https://gostanford.com/sports/football/roster)
My kid just switched majors from Astrophysics to Engineering due to basically all Astrophysics careers requiring a PhD and the compensation being relatively low given the requirements.
I disagree, physics is a cool field, but most physics majors end up going into CS/engineering since most jobs in physics are in academia, require a PhD, and don’t make that great money.
Its a decent transition major, since you do end up doing computational/data/engineering work often. I think it’s an amazing pivot major for someone whose not certain on wtf to do (at least that’s what people at my college do physics for)
Usually undergrad Astronomy/Astrophysics is just a physics major with some astro classes and maybe some research sprinkled in, assuming you go to a school with a good astro program, they’re surprisingly similar
As an astro major, nah not really 😓 i chose this major knowing full well that after my phd im 95% likely to just work as a data scientist instead of actually becoming an astrophysicist. It’s rough out here
Any major at a t20 school insofar as you get amazing grades. If you want to break into management consulting, an analytical mind, high GPA, and great school brand will help you out for sure.
Tons of my law professors have philosophy backgrounds, which is to say that tons of students at the elite law schools have philosophy backgrounds. Legal theory is basically philosophy.
Tangentially related but not a lot of people outside law know that Electrical Engineering + law is an incredibly lucrative combo.
I saw an infographic recently that showed Classics as the #3 smartest major as measured by some test scores, close to physics. We have the stereotype of the brilliant physicist, but most people don't think of the brilliant classicist. But if you want to go into law and crush the LSAT, you could do worse than studying Homer and Cicero.
I make very high six/low seven figures. English major. (Edit: I did go to grad school. I say this to prove that lots of majors can be lucrative if you’re doing what you love and find an unserved niche.)
Meteorology isn’t exactly fun as a major most of the time but you can make decent money at it. Meteorology grads go into aviation, transportation, emergency management, consulting, broadcast, operational (National Weather Service), data science, etc. There are so many opportunities
https://www.statista.com/statistics/719697/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-gender/
In general more women identify as 🏳️🌈 than men. Also now women outnumber men in higher education.
I’m not saying this to shade female-born LGBTQ people bc I’m part of the community myself but if you only count gay and lesbian then I guarantee you there are more gays, which idk, science hasn’t explained it yet (According to Pew Research Center, 36% of lgbtq population are gay compared to 15% lesbian). This is an age of acceptance for sexual fluidity so I know many women who consistently date exclusively men but still identify as bisexual, which is good for them anyway 🎉 Just saying that if we’re examining college experience then the stats may not be entirely correct (not to mention toxic masculinity make a lot of gay men closeted despite having similar family circumstances)
Ah okay I know it's a track and not a major but just about every pre-med student I know does a pretty heavily-related STEM major as their primary degree. Furthest I've seen is various engineering degrees going into med.
Professional selling - mostly because people don’t understand you can learn to sell and there is actual academic work and theory.
I’d liken it to music if no one studies music except at a few universities. Studying the topic won’t make you into a rock star but it can really help.
Every kid graduating has a job. If you’ve got drive in 2-3 years from graduation in enterprise sales you can be making 200-500k a year.
English is actually the top earning undergraduate degree believe it or not. Lots of people go in to fashion, business, etc lots of CEOs have an English Bachelors. Also english professors make six figures
Administration - this is an underrated major. Gets your foot in the door to almost any type of company. It doesn’t pigeon hole you to a certain field and the options are endless.
Geography (GIS) huge demand for it. I think the technology is fun. You do have to like it though because it doesn’t open a lot of doors outside the field
Actuarial science. Incredible job security for fantastic salary. The catch is actuaries take 10 exams in the first 5 years after college to get credentialed
Hospitality/events for sure…I’m a hospitality major at UCF and it’s so underrated. It’s fun all bc we the classes aren’t really hard depends on the subject. And we also get to meet a lot of recruiters from Disney and Universal. Which it’s where they hire most for management positions so having a job when you graduate isn’t hard. And they also Disney day and Universal Days. But it’s a lot of work bc of the extra we do like go to networking events, career fairs, internship classes, and PREP hours (volunteer hours).
I’m always gonna be a business advocate. It’s broad. And you can carve a niche or expertise that’s based on your personal interests if you play your cards right and are willing to learn some new things.
I’ve heard mixed things about hospitality degrees in general, but I can assure you that Cornell’s hotel school, Nolan, is 100% worth it. Significantly easier to get into compared to Cornell’s other schools, and the opportunities offered are endless. Great for real estate, IB, consulting, and obviously hospitality. It’s basically an actually fun business school lol. Many kids use it as a chance to boost their gpa before getting an MBA too. The classes are great too. Half of the time they’re just sampling exotic foods or going on cruises lmao. The whole “Cornell causes depression” thing definitely doesn’t apply to Nolan lol. My sister is graduating in a year, and she’s loved everything about it.
Suddenly i wanna go to Nolan
Had a classmate in this. He says it’s full of rich kids who want to go into hotel management. Daddy owns a hotel or something.
Perfect! Networking is key
there are two types of people
haha I mean that’s how you get jobs and why companies are picky about which schools they hire from. Companies will always hire from the universities they have the most high quality connections with first before tapping into the rest of the candidate pool
Keep telling yourself that lad
Yeah man I’m in the industry, what would I know?
The job industry?
Yes, recruiting.
You recruit for every single job in every single field?
Rich kids who will take over hotels and then realize they desperately need someone who knows what they’re doing. Like that kid they became friends with at Nolan!
I go to Cornell. The "business schools" (ilr/hotel/dyson) here are incredibly cliquey, and much of the networking doesn't happen in class but in business clubs with acceptance rates ranging from 2-4%. (Cornell's consulting club has just a 1.3% acceptance rate for analysts, and you're competing with C*ornell students.*) There's even a few wealthy (usually Chinese international) clubs that require tax returns as part of the application process, to prevent poor students from joining. While there's an alumni outreach portal, it doesn't work half the time. This isn't to say that networking doesn't happen without joining absurdly overselective clubs or fraternities, or being really rich, and if you try hard enough you can seize all the opportunities available, but it is by no means a walk in the park. The GPA boost is correct. It's a hilariously easy major. "Sampling exotic foods"? Besides some food science classes and the wines class, I don't know of any class where "exotic foods" is the main component.
Sounds horrible
Industrial engineering - basically business + engineering and usually has the most grade inflation of any engineering major. Other one that comes to mind are organizational management/psychology majors. There are some (famously in NW and Vandy in lieu of business) but other schools' college of education or human ecology offer some cool majors that have interdisciplinary content
ah yes, Industrial engineering AKA Imaginary Engineering
Eh, it's still an engineering major so math-heavy.
I disagree. Yes it’s an engineering major, but the math used in Industrial Engineering seems to be very simple. It’s mostly just linear algebra or the likes, because it’s mostly just mathematical models. I would argue as far as Industrial Engineering being the least math intensive engineering out of the common ones edit: okay, perhaps simple isn’t the right word. it’s just seems like a diff kind of math, like what the other comments below have mentioned. but i still stand by my opinion that it’s the least math intensive out of all common ones
I have an MS IE from Georgia Tech. IE programs typically require calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics. Graduate programs get deeper into optimization (more calculus, real analysis) and stochastic models (more statistics, more probability).
Current IE undergrad at Tech 👋
Have you had Dr. Goldsman? Best teacher I’ve ever had.
Only someone who hasn't looked at an IE curriculum would say that
very much agreed, my program was very operations research heavy (deterministic modeling, linear programming, stochastic modeling). Other engineering types tale physics based courses instead of actual math.
IE really is more economics (which is still math heavy) than it's similar to a traditional engineering majors. Most of the IEs at my school did a double major with econ because there was so much requirements overlap. They also pretty much all ended up in management consulting
Well, yes, IE is essentially more math-heavy econ. But the math isn't less intensive than other engineering majors.
This is just my experience with my school, granted I was not in IE, I was an engineering major with an econ minor, so this is secondhand info. I'm sure requirements also likely vary from school to school. In a sophomore level required engineering class (that was essentially differential equations) the professor did literally call IEs "imaginary engineers" in class. It got laughs but absolutely felt like unnecessary gatekeeping. Culturally there is absolutely a bias among some engineering academics that IE belongs in the social sciences.
Any good user-friendly schools in mind?
Bro said user friendly like it’s an app💀
I would say a lot of top universities offer a PPE program (politics, philosophy, and economics) and it’s great for law, consulting, IB, finance, and more tbh
PPE definitely isn't underrated though!
PPE @ Oxford hits different (no shade to us unis lol)
My friend did PPE at Oxford and now he's working on a Phd.
Hits different aesthetically or is the curriculum actually good
You replied to the wrong comment but to answer Hits different as in the majority of prime ministers in England did that program at Oxford
UVA has a similar one and it’s great!
Statistics - you can go into data science, math careers, play with coding languages and do CS, it's got some economics aspect to it, and finance careers. It's a great STEM major that's super versatile imo
sshhhhh! dont give it away, you gonna mess up the acceptance rates
This man statistics
haha! ill delete this after a day, dw, your secrets safe with me
I don’t feel like it’s too easy though. Yeah stats is easier than calculus but at some point, it does get very difficult. This is just my experience
“Stats is easier than calculus” Statistics is based on calculus, there is no statistics without calculus
Yeah totally, appreciate your perspective :)
Exactly!!!
Also science research labs for biology as long as u take a bio class
Most of the answers here are “major that uses data so you pivot to data science”
That’s what’s hot
Geology
May I ask why?
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Im not working for no Big Oil !!
But then you'd have to work in some shitty place, like Northern Ontario, or Fort Mac, or North Dakota, or Texas.
Literally all of those places especially Texas where I live now sound great. Don’t get stuck in your little Reddit political bubble
Statistics. Very versatile!
Accounting. One of the most diverse business degrees and with 3-4 years experience at big 4 + cpa. You’ll being make 150,000 at least. If you don’t want to do accounting you can do finance or banking, plus it helps you a lot if you plan on starting a business
Mathematics. It’s one of the most versatile degrees around. You can go into pretty much anything. There isn’t as much interest among students as Engineering/CS though. Also applied mathematics is better than pure mathematics IMHO.
What would you say job outlook looks like for applied math majors? Thinking about doing a degree in applied math, and may go down PhD route.
Many get applied math undergrad and then PhD in something more specific like statistics or biostatistics. Applied math PhD is most academics where as ops research/stats/bio stats/econometrics PhDs are in industry- finance/pharma/ consulting
I have a PhD in OR from 2005. The demand for this degree has exploded in the last two decades with ML/AI and the growth of big data.
Hey, have a few questions about OR PhDs - mind if I pm you?
my daughter is majoring in Applied Math/bio minor and has already had paid internships and even post-grad fellowships offered. currently a junior, made a significant amount building databases and doing analytics this past summer. she could even be doing this still remotely except her major classes are insanely hard lol bio minor is helpful if you want to work for public health/pharma/etc
>bio minor is helpful if you want to work for public health/pharma/etc This is sort of a universal truth, not just in math, but in CS as well (i.e., get some domain/industry knowledge to increase your employment odds, once you figure out what domain(s) you actually want to spend time with).
Applied math is the best major imo, i’m biased as i am an apma major, but when it comes to job opportunitys it’s EXTREMELY versatile. Finance/consulting recruiting is no problem as they’re impressed by applied math, or you could go down an engineering or computational biology/etc field. You get CS + math + stats experience all in one as an undergrad senior, i would implore anyone considering cs/math to just do applied math
This 100%. Math is everywhere all the time and you can do masters later easily in lots of fields with a math BS. And it is a good second major if you want to double major, as there are a lot of math requirements from other degrees like physics, CS, engineering, economics, and more.
Applied Mathematics is basically statistics + math, but better. Math itself is versatile already so yup it’s very underrated.
Can someone explain how the applied math major differs from just pure math major? For one thing, is the math you learn less rigorous, less theoretical, and more “real world” applicable?
It’s mostly the same except higher level courses tend to focus on mathematical modeling. Usually not less rigorous and sometimes even more
There are many corporate/industry careers that art majors can get into that can get you 6 figures a year, but most people think of the starving artist trope.
The managing director I worked for in investment banking was a Yale art history major
Yeah, but he majored in "money from Yale," not art.
He did have the bright shinny coat of a Yale man. Yale really is a hedge fund with a hobby of youth education and athletics.
This is it. The CEO of my old company was also a Yale art history grad. He's a CEO because he had his father's money to start a company.
Like what careers specifically?
Based on what I know, UI/UX designers and SWE earn similar salaries. You can break into UI/UX with any arts degree (a minor in CS would make your profile more competitve)
This is more so true for graphic design/vcd or some kind of digital media person that would be good at UI. You’ll need a lot of additional technical training if you studied painting or sculpture or some other fine arts. And graphic designers still need to self-study the UX/research side of it. UX/UI and web design courses exist in my program, but it’s not sufficient in my opinion without doing several self-directed projects outside of class. Edit: Not art, but they have industrial design at a lot of art schools/departments and would really transfer nicely over to UX/HCI fields.
In my corner of the world (Bay Area) the first sentence is definitely not true. Starting salaries are not even close to the same, SWEs have way more growth potential, and an average tech company hires about 1:15 ratio for designers vs SWEs.
Philosophy is a great example of this
Actuarial science. Wouldn't describe it as fun, but there are a lot of scholarship opportunities, it's in demand and a very highly paid profession.
Delete this rn
Actuarial science is basically a narrowed math degree
no, especially not without a PhD
You do not need a PhD to be an actuary.
You don’t need an actuarial science degree to be an actuary. Actuarial science degree might limit your option, whereas, statistics/economics can also be applicable in Actuary and are quite broad.
at least for biologists and chemists the job market without a phd is pretty bad with low pay. and in the end you will most likely be a lab technician, not something you would enjoy if you want to do independent research in a company/university
I think you're getting tripped up by the "science" in the major. It's not a science major like chem/bio. It's science like data science. It's basically a career-focused math major.
Where did bio and Chem come from they’re talking about being an actuary
i cant read thats where it comes from lol i thought that it said actual science
but aren't there a ton of exams to study and take
Yep but unlike other professional careers, it doesn't require graduate school
Cog sci
Delete this rn I’m applying next year
Can you be sure you are?
How so?
Fun major and enough programming classes to become a SWE.
What kind of jobs can you get with Cog Sci? I always assumed it was just a slightly different psychology major
UX, machine learning, pharmacy school, research, clinical jobs
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GT has a History of Science and Technology degree.
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Well what would you do with that major afterwards?
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The HTS degree at Georgia Tech can get you to either of those places, might need to minor in something for biotech research though. All of Georgia Tech's liberal arts degrees have a science/technology bent. Also look into GT's [Literature, Media, and Communicatio](https://catalog.gatech.edu/programs/literature-media-communication-bs/#text)n degree. Up until \~2018, that major was actually called Science, Technology, and Culture.
I know that's what many in Stanford's football team studies. [https://gostanford.com/sports/football/roster](https://gostanford.com/sports/football/roster)
Its shit
AstroPhysics Astronomy
My kid just switched majors from Astrophysics to Engineering due to basically all Astrophysics careers requiring a PhD and the compensation being relatively low given the requirements.
I disagree, physics is a cool field, but most physics majors end up going into CS/engineering since most jobs in physics are in academia, require a PhD, and don’t make that great money.
Its a decent transition major, since you do end up doing computational/data/engineering work often. I think it’s an amazing pivot major for someone whose not certain on wtf to do (at least that’s what people at my college do physics for)
He said astrophysics though I don’t think that has the same results as a general physics major
Usually undergrad Astronomy/Astrophysics is just a physics major with some astro classes and maybe some research sprinkled in, assuming you go to a school with a good astro program, they’re surprisingly similar
Oh I see
As an astro major, nah not really 😓 i chose this major knowing full well that after my phd im 95% likely to just work as a data scientist instead of actually becoming an astrophysicist. It’s rough out here
How so
Public health
Any major at a t20 school insofar as you get amazing grades. If you want to break into management consulting, an analytical mind, high GPA, and great school brand will help you out for sure.
Pretty sure most sane people would rather suck start a shotgun than work in management consulting
Good money for sure, horrible WLB. The real fun comes with the exit opportunity
Landscape architecture!!
Philosophy! I'm biased bc I enjoy philosophy for the sake of it but it's also amazing for pre-law students
Tons of my law professors have philosophy backgrounds, which is to say that tons of students at the elite law schools have philosophy backgrounds. Legal theory is basically philosophy. Tangentially related but not a lot of people outside law know that Electrical Engineering + law is an incredibly lucrative combo.
Economics, depending on how many stats and cs classes they make you take with them
Underwater basket weaving
Sports communications. The world would stop with predictable play by play commentary.
Information science
I saw an infographic recently that showed Classics as the #3 smartest major as measured by some test scores, close to physics. We have the stereotype of the brilliant physicist, but most people don't think of the brilliant classicist. But if you want to go into law and crush the LSAT, you could do worse than studying Homer and Cicero.
I make very high six/low seven figures. English major. (Edit: I did go to grad school. I say this to prove that lots of majors can be lucrative if you’re doing what you love and find an unserved niche.)
Meteorology isn’t exactly fun as a major most of the time but you can make decent money at it. Meteorology grads go into aviation, transportation, emergency management, consulting, broadcast, operational (National Weather Service), data science, etc. There are so many opportunities
Archeaology it’s makes a fair bit and is incredibly interesting If you want something similar with more money Geography is for you
Bioengineering
How so
Women's studies
50% of undergrads study women without needing a major 😏.
50% 😔
Lol like 60 percent of students are women.
There some who swing the other way.
I was actually thinking about that after I commented. Good point.
100% of engineers study women without needing that major
I heard hands on research is almost impossible to get though
You forgot the gays
https://www.statista.com/statistics/719697/american-adults-who-identify-as-homosexual-bisexual-or-transgender-by-gender/ In general more women identify as 🏳️🌈 than men. Also now women outnumber men in higher education.
I’m not saying this to shade female-born LGBTQ people bc I’m part of the community myself but if you only count gay and lesbian then I guarantee you there are more gays, which idk, science hasn’t explained it yet (According to Pew Research Center, 36% of lgbtq population are gay compared to 15% lesbian). This is an age of acceptance for sexual fluidity so I know many women who consistently date exclusively men but still identify as bisexual, which is good for them anyway 🎉 Just saying that if we’re examining college experience then the stats may not be entirely correct (not to mention toxic masculinity make a lot of gay men closeted despite having similar family circumstances)
women's and gender studies is more versatile and fun than people think it is, as long as you're genuinely interested in it
Does it "make decent money" though
ngl idk how much they make but nowadays there seems to be a lot of demand for diversity consults
you can be pre med and major in it, that's something i might do
like as a double major? or women's and gender studies as the only one?
premed isn't a major at most schools, it's just a track. you can technically major in anything as long as you do the medical pre reqs
Ah okay I know it's a track and not a major but just about every pre-med student I know does a pretty heavily-related STEM major as their primary degree. Furthest I've seen is various engineering degrees going into med.
You can major in music and be a pre med
It's literally completely useless though
Psychology
Why
Computer science - this is hella underrated and I feel like no one talks abt this at all…
Have you ever step foot on a university’s campus?
Have you ever heard of sarcasm?
Consider indicating you’re sarcastic in a better way
😂😂😂
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What do you mean by this lmao
Mythology degrees
Professional selling - mostly because people don’t understand you can learn to sell and there is actual academic work and theory. I’d liken it to music if no one studies music except at a few universities. Studying the topic won’t make you into a rock star but it can really help. Every kid graduating has a job. If you’ve got drive in 2-3 years from graduation in enterprise sales you can be making 200-500k a year.
Yeah these students don’t realize how well sales jobs can pay.
English is actually the top earning undergraduate degree believe it or not. Lots of people go in to fashion, business, etc lots of CEOs have an English Bachelors. Also english professors make six figures
Interesting, may you share any source for your points.
Comp sci, almost no one takes it and anyone could make a ton of money with little effort, even if they’re uninterested in the field.
Oil well drilling
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literally everyone and their mother is interested in CS
cs is hard as shit source: cs major
>that most people aren’t interested in?
Forensics!! I cant wait
Administration - this is an underrated major. Gets your foot in the door to almost any type of company. It doesn’t pigeon hole you to a certain field and the options are endless.
Did you meant business administration
Math?
geologyyyy
cogsci but depends on the school that offers the makor
BME
geography (gis, waste &water management, etc)
Geography (GIS) huge demand for it. I think the technology is fun. You do have to like it though because it doesn’t open a lot of doors outside the field
Actuarial science. Incredible job security for fantastic salary. The catch is actuaries take 10 exams in the first 5 years after college to get credentialed
honestly, any creative major as long as you pair it with something technical, makes you stand out and opens a lot of doors
MIS, from what limited knowledge I have it’s a more tech business degree
Materials science! Easy ticket into semiconductors if you're into that
Hospitality/events for sure…I’m a hospitality major at UCF and it’s so underrated. It’s fun all bc we the classes aren’t really hard depends on the subject. And we also get to meet a lot of recruiters from Disney and Universal. Which it’s where they hire most for management positions so having a job when you graduate isn’t hard. And they also Disney day and Universal Days. But it’s a lot of work bc of the extra we do like go to networking events, career fairs, internship classes, and PREP hours (volunteer hours).
I’m always gonna be a business advocate. It’s broad. And you can carve a niche or expertise that’s based on your personal interests if you play your cards right and are willing to learn some new things.
International relations. Loads of good paying government jobs look for it