What an interesting chart. I started college in 1965 as a pre-med major, due mostly to the pre-programming of family members who fed this to me as the road to success. I made the mistake of dating my chem lab partner and we both almost flunked out. I asked a fraternity brother what I could major in where there were a lot of nice-looking girls and no requirement for a foreign language. He said “Check out the School of Journalism” I did, and asked a professor this question: which career path in journalism offers the best compensation?” He replied without hesitation: “The advertising sequence”. I enjoyed a highly successful career in advertising, was paid quite well for my work, and would do it all over again given the chance. One other thing I learned: don’t believe everything you read in the “news”. We knew it for what it was: propaganda.
I married mine. We both have PhD's in chemistry. It was fun getting mail addressed to "Dr & Dr".