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There are actually lots of surveys and studies done on this subject by schools, governmental, and financial institutions. They all have a pretty heavy stake in what degrees loans are being handed out for and whether that person will be able to repay it. There's really no need to speculate because there's lots of data out there.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/5-college-degrees-that-are-least-likely-to-land-new-grads-a-job/91248833
Yeah I'm a nurse and this article tracks. I get callbacks on applications within a week of submission or sometimes same day. Are they good jobs? Maybe. But there's no shortage of them.
But this article also highlights something I've always said about cops, whose degrees are basically worthless according to this article. A degree isn't necessary for their job while it's literally illegal for me to not have one as well as a license that can be revoked if I fuck up bad enough.
Cops imo have a similar level of responsibility if not for health specifically definitely for safety. They should have to be licensed and that license should be overseen by a public safety board that can remove it. You should be able to maybe get a 3-6 month certificate or something to ticket people for parking in handicapped spots or noise disturbances but you should need at LEAST an associates to carry a gun in the protection of public safety, preferably a bachelors and in addition to martial arts it should cover everything from law, basic / developmental psych, basic first aid and how to identify when a disturbance is probably being caused by a medical problem that needs eval after it's been safely contained etc.
I do actually believe there is a need for public safety officials who can show up and stop people from injuring each other but we really need to up our expectations for ethics and competency.
Yeah, the average length of training in the US for officers is 6 months. That means there's places that require more and places that require less. There are almost 20,000 individual departments in the US with varying rules and requirements. In Germany you can't even carry a gun on the force without a 4 year degree.
Woohoo I'm the in the 54.1% of employed anthropology majors! Not that my work has anything to do with it anyway.
I'm just gonna leave this here: https://seanheath.ca/2024/02/22/noah-the-slave-pirate/
Some fields fluctuate... Like, kids hear that engineers are in demand or whatever, and sign up to uni for the job prospects, but so to heaps of others, so 5 years later when they're done, the market's already stabilised and now there's an oversupply...
Probably not most of those fields you mentioned, but it's still something to keep in mind.. Don't pick something that's only recently gone up in demand.
Me in comp sci rn when hs me saw tech had most jobs available
Yeah, comp sci is rough right now. The entire industry is extremely toxic. There’s a reason the old “this repo is archived; have taken up farming” meme resonates so strongly with programmers.
Didn't Farming While Beige literally do that?
Wasn't meant to be a reply. Moved.
Yeah, I knew plenty of data exists and I think it has a place in this thread. I'm also curious to hear people's opinions on here. Never know whose an HR manager or hiring person. I appreciate the info you provided! I'm particularly suprised by the medical tech one. I guess I always think of those as certs or associates level. CJ is kinda surprising too.