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Inevitably in these sorts of threads the meme of "bad decisions from humanities majors" comes up but never any supporting data. Best I can tell there aren't tha
by lordCarbonFiber 8y ago
Inevitably in these sorts of threads the meme of "bad decisions from humanities majors" comes up but never any supporting data. Best I can tell there aren't that many english, etc majors graduating to account for the amount of student debt being generated. The unfortunate truth is a technology degree is just as likely to leave you with debt and no options (especially if you "go to local university far from a tech hub").
Source for enrollment in humanities falling
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/26/where-have-all-english-majors-gone https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/26/where-have-al...
- PeterisP 8y agoHere's some direct comparison of default rates - https://assets.rbl.ms/18240752/980x.png https://assets.rbl.ms/18240752/980x.png (from https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/what-kind-of-student-is-most-likely-to-default-on-loan-debt https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/what-kind-of-student-is...) shows a significantly higher rate of student loan defaults in the arts/humanities fields. It is worth noting that the difference between selective schools and nonselective schools is even larger; so going "somewhere" to get a shitty degree seems to be not a good idea as well.