your degree your return on investment

we talked about thjis before here and there but now a whole thread now. what degree gives you the best return on investment

the worst roi on a degree
http://salary.com/8-college-degrees-with-the-worst-return-on-investment/slide/11/

the best

http://salary.com/8-college-degrees-that-will-earn-your-money-back/

next, would be what are the opportunities for getting those jobs also. you would have to look at the occupational handbook for that to give you the job outlook on it. anyway are you suprised at this analysis.

 

As a Psychology/Sociology double major, I totally agree. I didn't want to do research (at the time) so I just assumed I'd get a Master's and go clinical. I did that and by the end of my internship I HATED it. I do NOT want to be a therapist. I found that out thousands of dollars too late.

I'm now working as an executive assistant and LOVE it. It wasn't my college degrees that got me my current job. It was my experience with Excel that I first learned for a job a decade ago and have continued to practice and stay current with.

As for my children, we home school and are preparing them for college in case they chose that route, but we will no longer require them to attend college if it's not going to be a good investment.

 

it's all about the major

not sure why so many people go down that sociology/psychology route

it's been marked as one of those paths that don't pan out after graduation

i remember a girl i worked with who said she graduated with a bachelors of psychology, but made more money working in a different field, than she would if she stuck with something related to her major

i was like wtf

 

yeah, you can easily find a job in that field but the pay is shitty...like that of education