The 10 most worthless university degrees

You may not have this in America, but it's on the rise in England, my cousin did it for some strange reason, came out of college, realised it didn't offer ANY job prospects, not even waiting tables!! - so went back to do a proper degree.
Two words.
Media Studies.

YAY! Psychology wasn't on there!! Woo Hoo!!

Cynical as Hell but, damn funny. I likes it.

i think it depends on how much you love what you are doing, before you can say it is worhtless, because someone who takes film or dance could be really talented in what they do and probably successful when they leave college

This is hilarious (lmao at the opening sentence of Communications)! But how is Home Economics not on the list?!

I love this!! I'm down on my knees thanking God Political Science didn't make the list! ha!

hahahha. I always make fun of Communications majors. And I'm surprised Psych isnt on there. You really cant do much without a Ph.D in it anyways. I'll stick to my sciences...CHEM MAJOR!

i'm double majoring in Sociology and US History at Rutgers....I have learned nothing and will continue to learn nothing.

Oh good, I guess I'm still safe as a history major. XD

Art history, English lit., philosophy, religion...Damn. Those are ALL things I wanted to study.

Haha I know that neither of these "degrees" were included, but this reminded me of my friend who recently switched majors from "women's studies," to "creative writing with an emphasis on poetry." lol He tops it all off with a nasty beard (foreshadowing, perhaps, his future on the streets? lol)

so basically what this article was telling me was that any degree that didn't lead to a american-style money making job was a waste of time. pretty low-brow, dudes.

Glad to see my degree in 'Clog Making' isn't here. I'd feel pretty silly otherwise.

I would argue that it doesn't matter what 'degree' you get in something or where you got it. A university provides an institution that provides information and practical experience in a subject. Anyone can pass the requirements for a college degree. It all depends on what YOU put into your education and what you can accomplish from that experience.

-Film Student

This article had me laughing. This just shows that money can be wasted getting a degree and essentially (for the most part) it doesn't matter.

Everyone wants to nationalize health care. I think what we should have is better educational system. Why people want to cure the sick when if they made them smarter then maybe they wouldn't be so sick to begin with. Ha. The Educational system here is flawed big time. Going to school should NOT cost more money than you'll ever make in a year four years out of it.

Thanks for the article. Greatness.

I know of a man, I've only met him once, who was an English major in college...

Today, he is the Science Editor for Parade Magazine, has been in documentaries and interviewed countless times.

He is the most successful Comet hunter in the world having discovered 22 Comets and he co-discovered

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 that hit Jupiter in 1994.

His name is David H Levy:

http://www.jarnac.org/aboutdavid.htm

What the hell? Communications? I was thinking of maybe majoring in that. It's funny how they stereotype communications majors. If you major in communications, isn't it similar to majoring in journalism? and you can get plenty of jobs for that...

Sociology isn't in there?! I say this as a BA holder :) The blurb to Philosophy and American Studies from the link could apply word for word to Sociology!

I had the pleasure of being able to speak with Earl Shorris, the founder of the Clemente Course in the Humanities which teaches people "worthless" things like, Art History, Moral Philosophy, Literature, and History, and he related an interesting tale about a woman living in a slum who had attended one of the many international Clemente courses.


He asked her what she liked best about her time in the course and she replied "Kant"(Immanuel Kant) and she said she learned through reading Kant that she was more than a sum of her parts that she more than just a means to an end, Earl asked her what that helped her with in life and she replied...

"I no longer allow my husband to beat me..."

But yeah moral philosophy isnt gonna get you laid, or get you a bitchin' hummer or a nice house and I guess since money is all that matters in the world this article has merit.

hilariously accurate...

my poor film boys know what they're getting into and they do it anways.

bless 'em

A degree is more about how you use it. Sure, they don't advertise for philosophers or art historians in the classifieds, but it's all about applying your degree for an unrelated job.

I know a person who now has a $300,000 a year job in a gallery thanks to their philosophy degree.

I majored in Political Science and I feel it was a good choice because it allowed me to become a substitute teacher--which you need college credits to do. I used to slack off in school but now I RUN THE CLASSROOM. (Homage to Otto the bus driver from The Simpsons)

Otto: Hey, relax, man! It could end up being the best thing that ever happened to ya. I got held back in the fourth grade myself, twice! Look at me, man! Now I drive the school bus!

I majored in Telecommunications, which I don't see in a lot of places if the school has a film major, but we didn't have one. I feel like I learned a lot in my four years and did some stuff to build up my resume and experience...so at least there's that.

It'd be interesting to see how other countries do it. I don't think they are nearly as lax as us when it comes to earning degrees in college.

But if you think about it, colleges are just big businesses. They make so much money off us by raising tuition prices every year, making us go into debt to pay off loans - and we continue to pay for it, getting degrees in a lot of the stuff that doesn't guarantee us jobs post-graduation.

I don't think you'll find an art history major in Denmark. The Danish have to come here to major in that.

In Germany, students protest about having to pay 500 euros a semester to study. And this is a recent fee, before it was free.

I feel college is an investment, and should be looked at as such. You are following the wisdom of Alexander Hamilton and this will (hopefully) motivate you to take something out of those college years, and fill a need in this world. Whenever I had complaints about schoolwork, my mother would always tell me, "It's all just proving that you can wade through the bullshit".

But yea, College these days are 30% I don't wanna get a real job, 20% I deserve it, 40% Party, and 10% educational interest.

Who knows what I'll be able to do with Biomed and Electrical Engineering degrees mixed with Germanistik Language and Literature. I have always fought myself dropping out and becoming an artist.

yeah, wtf, why do universities sell these majors anyway. they are totally useless. i blame high schools for not warning students of the bologna degrees. a;dsflkj

If you have any intentions of traveling abroad, English and Communication majors can breathe a sigh of relief, since these are two highly valued majors when schools are looking for ESL teachers. There is hope yet.

I laughed. I wish someone would post my blogs on current. If this was a chain joke, then it should have been shorter. -double major, comm and chem

Everybody knows American studies was invented for British exchange students....who could then find an American girlfriend, marry her, and live the American dream forever!!!

...any degree aside from science, technology, and law is completely worthless in the real world...it's the fun of going to Uni that counts!

Yale produced the hapless baboon named George W Bush; therefore, Yale must be staffed by utterly incompetent, mentally handicapped Troglodyte Homunculii

Vote Yale for all degrees across the board

Chet,

I respectfully disagree, a young female engineer and I vigorously studied the human condition on a lab bench.

Kramericus

kramer

they do do anatomy well. but their pillow talk is intolerably boring.
:)

After reading the article, I can only look around at the gallery I work in currently and think - Damn, why didn't I just take that coffee shop job instead, it at least has people.

I was under the impression that many philosophy majors use their degrees later in law school.

I guess that or psychology would prepare you pretty well for all the communication majors out there that need legal guidance.

As many have stated so far, this blog article is completely driven by a need to be a good little productive and monetarily successful drone, completely disregarding any of the immaterial qualities of a life focusing on the arts and thinking. Another attempt to belittle and assume.