http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/07/16/can-you-really-get-a-job-with-any-college-major-2/ A personal finance blog dedicated to achieving financial freedom for those drones slaving away in jobs they hate. Mon, 24 May 2010 01:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/07/16/can-you-really-get-a-job-with-any-college-major-2/comment-page-1/#comment-112533 Rob Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:59:10 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/07/16/can-you-really-get-a-job-with-any-college-major-2/#comment-112533 The reason different majors produce graduates who earn different amounts of money is likely due to the fact that most liberal arts majors who want to make big money switch to business or economics thinking the degree will earn them more. Most people think you can't do anything with a liberal arts degree. Its a fallacy. The reason different majors produce graduates who earn different amounts of money is likely due to the fact that most liberal arts majors who want to make big money switch to business or economics thinking the degree will earn them more. Most people think you can’t do anything with a liberal arts degree. Its a fallacy.

]]> http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/07/16/can-you-really-get-a-job-with-any-college-major-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Free The Drones » What’s the highest paying college major? Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:36:41 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/07/16/can-you-really-get-a-job-with-any-college-major-2/#comment-10 [...] That’s what CNN Money took a look at recently in this article. CNN compared the different majors to see what the average starting salaries were, and which ones had the biggest gains. Not suprisingly, all starting salaries were not equal, as I wrote about here. The lowest paying degrees? Traditional liberal arts degrees such as Political Science, which averaged $32,665, Sociology at $30,944, and Communications at $31,876. [...] [...] That’s what CNN Money took a look at recently in this article. CNN compared the different majors to see what the average starting salaries were, and which ones had the biggest gains. Not suprisingly, all starting salaries were not equal, as I wrote about here. The lowest paying degrees? Traditional liberal arts degrees such as Political Science, which averaged $32,665, Sociology at $30,944, and Communications at $31,876. [...]

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