The 20 worst-paying college degrees in 2010

[kranky]

According to a study by Payscale, Inc.
And I have no idea what "Interdisciplinary studies" is.

College Degree           Starting pay     Mid-career pay[LIST=1]
[*]Child and family studies         $29,500         $38,400
[*]Elementary education            $31,600         $44,400
[*]Social work                          $31,800         $44,900
[*]Athletic training                    $32,800         $45,700
[*]Culinary arts                        $35,900         $50,600
[*]Horticulture                          $35,000        $50,800
[*]Paralegal studies/law             $35,100         $51,300
[*]Theology                             $34,700         $51,300
[*]Recreation & leisure               $33,300        $53,200
[*]Special education                  $36,000        $53,800
[*]Dietetics                              $40,400        $54,200
[*]Religious studies                    $34,700        $54,400
[*]Art                                      $33,500        $54,800
[*]Education                             $35,100        $54,900
[*]Interdisciplinary studies           $35,600        $55,700
[*]Interior design                       $34,400         $56,600
[*]Nutrition                               $42,200         $56,700
[*]Graphic design                       $35,400         $56,800
[*]Music                                   $36,700         $57,000
[*]Art history                            $39,400         $57,100
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[IronWing]

A nation that does not value art history is a nation that is doomed to...

 

[waggy]

why do most of those remind me of ads for online colleges?

 

[StageLeft]

Not many surprises here. If you're the guy at college with good grades and yet your classes start at 10:00 am and you never seem to have to study ask yourself why.

 

[Epic Fail]

A nation that does not value art history is a nation that is doomed to...

overbid in Sotherby's auctions.

 

[destrekor]

Not many surprises here. If you're the guy at college with good grades and yet your classes start at 10:00 am and you never seem to have to study ask yourself why.

What's wrong with classes starting at 10?

 

[Hacp]

Nice. That means my future womens studies degree isn't worthless.

 

[speg]

Sad that education fields are so low... A little education could do this world wonders.

 

[Marinski]

interdisciplinary studies is just a fancier name for General Studies, or worthless degree.

 

[Newbian]

What's wrong with classes starting at 10?

Way to damn early.

 

[FelixDeCat]

college degrees are pretty much worthless these days

 

[Jumpem]

This is why I will not support my children pursuing a liberal arts degree.

 

[Jumpem]

college degrees are pretty much worthless these days

Absolutely incorrect. If you pursue an engineering/science or applied busniess degree you will come out ahead. My wife and I both grew up poor, and now make six figures a few years out of college.

 

[Hacp]

college degrees are pretty much worthless these days

Wrong. They are worth a lot of money. To the universities that collect the tuition of course. Each student is worth 100-200k. When you have a class of 20-30 thousand, you're making hefty profits.

 

[destrekor]

Way to damn early.

Yeesh.
I had 8am classes - though I did try to avoid those like the plague.
Not because I hated being up in the morning, though I absolutely did hate the morning, but I wanted to shower before going to other classes. Physical training and other fun cadet stuff like the military classes were all awesomely early - I needed breakfast and a shower before I could continue on with my day.

 

[Elias824]

college degrees are pretty much worthless these days

Not a CS or an engineering degree, but yeah what are you going to do with a degree in art history? teach art history maybe

 

[destrekor]

This is why I will not support my children pursuing a liberal arts degree.

Yeah, my degree is not going to do me a whole lot of favors in the job market. Granted, it's actually the type of work I DO want to get into, but I'm going to need to get more education to have a chance at the big federal jobs that I really want.

International Studies: Security and Intelligence .... (my major specialization/concentration) - a fancy mix of Poli Sci and the soft sciences (behavioral / social sciences)

It's actually a really good degree but there is next to nothing that it immediately applies toward in the job market - later with military experience it could be pretty helpful though - that and a masters or something.

 

[Ns1]

n/m

 

[Jeff7]

What's wrong with classes starting at 10?

Nothing good ever happened before noon.

 

[dfuze]

I think the theology degree doesn't take into account the church "2nd" collections

 

[AreaCode707]

Heh, English isn't on the list.

 

[rcpratt]

None of these are surprising. I don't think I could have done any of those majors even if one was my passion, that money is just depressing.

 

[charrison]

Sad that education fields are so low... A little education could do this world wonders.

Could it be that schools just pump out a lot of education majors? Maybe it is low because many people want to be educators? And as of right now it appears many places have too many teachers.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Absolutely correct. If you pursue an engineering/science or applied busniess degree you will come out poor, and owe six figures a few years out of college.

Fixed. :hmm:

 

[MotF Bane]

Nothing good ever happened before noon.

Truer words never spoken.