Posted on 11/18/2014 7:48:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
When deciding on a college major, students are encouraged to think about a few things: what they love to do; what they want to do; what jobs they imagine themselves in; and what the earning and growth potential is like for those careers.
For instance, they'd probably want to know ahead of time that Human Services majors only see their annual pay increase by about $7,500, or 22%, over the first 10 years of their careers, compared to the average American worker, whose salary grows by about $25,000, or 60%, in that time.
That's according to Payscale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database with more than 40 million salary profiles. It recently looked at the difference between starting (less than five years of experience) and mid-career (10 or more years of experience) pay by college major, and determined the 13 majors with the smallest salary growth.
"We're not trying to discourage students from pursuing these majors — we're simply offering information so that students can make informed choices and get the most out of their degree, whatever major they choose," says Kayla Hill, a research analyst at Payscale.
Among the majors, Child Development has the lowest starting salary ($32,200) and mid-career pay ($36,400) — and shows the least amount of growth in the first 10 years ($4,200, or 13%).
"Human support service majors tend to be paid less across the board," Hill explains. "Child Development workers in particular may see less growth over time because it is a field that tends to be undervalued by society. Additionally, childcare workers may not have the same opportunities for advancement as more technical jobs, where learning new skills can lead to a pay bump or promotion."
Human Services majors had the second lowest salary growth between starting and mid-career,
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Gender Studies
translation: We think the Government should use it’s big stick to FORCE society to value this more and raise salaries.
I think quite a few of those degrees are earned by people who, going in, knew the rewards would not be financial.
Trick is to get the degree without going into student loan debt.
Peace studies, Philosophy and English
Two days and $695 invested would probably earn you more than any of these majors.
http://www.tomhopkins.com/salesacademy-Orlando-FL-2015.shtml
One of my daughters has a BS degree in “family studies” from a well-known public university. She has never been unemployed, worked in a variety of public and private social agency situations and in several allied activities such as public relations, fund raising, case management, counseling, nutrition etc. Her pay has been about that of a public school teacher, but probably more rewarding these days.
One of my daughters has a BS degree in “family studies” from a well-known public university. She has never been unemployed, worked in a variety of public and private social agency situations and in several allied activities such as public relations, fund raising, case management, counseling, nutrition etc. Her pay has been about that of a public school teacher, but probably more rewarding these days.
That worthless site isn’t working for me today, probably because I refuse to let it deliver an ad to my screen.
That said, I’m guessing my engineering major isn’t on the list.
In my first “real” job, I was a polysci major working with a sociology major and a humanities major. My boss was a psychology PhD. My peers with philosophy and psychology degrees got similar work. We were all in IT, and did just fine with our “soft” science degrees.
That is one of the funniest ripofs of that guy I’ve ever seen!
LOL!
Very surprising that health and medical professions would be on this list.
HA!
Very funny! Did you create the words used?
I think a list of degrees that don’t lead directly to any job would be more useful. I would guess that most people going into most of these careers know the pay is pretty dismal; the people I know who have them are more service oriented than money oriented.
That said, just about any bachelor’s degree can help you get various office jobs or at least get your foot in the door to something. My sister has a bachelor’s in Music, which got her the office job that eventually lead to an IT job she loves. The problem with most people with “worthless degrees” is that they want a job in their major, which is never going to happen.
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