What's the college major that's most "useful" in the real world?

amol

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?

edit: By the way, this isn't for me. I already have an idea of what I'll major in the fall (although it'll probably change ...)

I just want to know what people here think. "Useful" meaning what you learned comes in pretty handy after college ....
 

xanis

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I would guess Business... But you should be doing what you love, not what's "most useful".

 

dighn

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I don't know what's most "useful", nor do I believe there is such a thing, but engineering degrees are pretty "useful"
 

Flyback

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Originally posted by: Xanis
I would guess Business... But you should be doing what you love, not what's "most useful".

Ever notice the most successful people aren't business majors? ;)
 

pennylane

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Doesn't seem too hard to find a decent-paying job if you're an engineer. At least a good one.
 

nageov3t

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my random guess would be engineering.

I say that as an English Lit major who got a job in IT right out of college :p
 

amol

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Originally posted by: Flyback
Originally posted by: aswedc
Originally posted by: Flyback
Ever notice the most successful people aren't business majors? ;)
what?

What do you mean what? How many MBAs are in the top 50 on the Forbes 400 list?

I'm talking about undergrad. The question would be, "How many BBAs are in there?"
 

Tiamat

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Engineers can be pretty useful.

The most useful people are perhaps the people without college degrees who are entrepeneors (sp?) who happen to strike lucky, make sh1tloads of money, and put the money back into helping others in terms of charity.
 

Flyback

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Originally posted by: Amol
[I'm talking about undergrad. The question would be, "How many BBAs are in there?"

Relax--I was ragging on him. A business degree is pretty decent or engineering like others have said.

Tell us your interests and it will make things easier.
 

Fenixgoon

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Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
engineering. Electrical Engineering or computer science.

Fields that are easiest to outsource.

Civil engineering pwns you.

materials engineering > * :D
 

Special K

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The one you enjoy the most. Are you really going to be able to do a good job in any field if you hate the general subject matter?
 

aswedc

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Originally posted by: Flyback
What do you mean what? How many MBAs are in the top 50 on the Forbes 400 list?
I just wanted to see what your justification would be.

You can't put business majors all in one category. A plain BBA is pretty worthless. Other specialties can be better.
 

b0mbrman

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Originally posted by: dighn
I don't know what's most "useful", nor do I believe there is such a thing, but engineering degrees are pretty "useful"

Yup.

To be more general, I would say that degrees that teach you "hard" skills are the most useful.