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College majors gaining the most in popularity and losing the most in popularity:
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:58 pm
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Noah Smith
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@Noahpinion
College majors gaining the most in popularity:
Exercise science
Computer science
Nursing
Health and medical
Computer and electrical engineering
College majors losing the most in popularity:
History
Religion
Area studies
Humanities
Languages and literatures other than English
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Since the economic crisis of 2008, the pattern of undergraduate majors has been shifting across American higher education. Of all the major disciplines, history has seen the steepest declines in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded. In 2008, the National Center for Education Statistics reported 34,642 majors in history; in 2017, the most recent year for which data are available, the number was 24,266. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of history majors fell by over 1,500. Even as university enrollments have grown, history has seen its raw numbers erode heavily. The drops have been especially heavy since 2011–12, the first years for which students who saw the financial crisis in action could easily change their majors; of all the fields I’ve looked at (Fig. 1), history has fallen more than any other in the last six years.
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Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:01 pm to RLDSC FAN
Degrees that are ageless, construction/engineering, medical and business.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:03 pm to RLDSC FAN
This is good
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
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History
Religion
Area studies
Humanities
Languages and literatures other than English
The fact that people actually put themselves in thousand of dollars worth of debt for these degrees is mind boggling.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
Not surprised. History is fluid nowadays anyway.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:04 pm to StealthCalais11
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The fact that people actually put themselves in thousand of dollars worth of debt for these degrees is mind boggling.
You used to be able to find stable white-collar work with these degrees.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
Hopefully, the next generation can learn from the current one and treat college as an investment, not a human right and necessity.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:08 pm to RLDSC FAN
What can you do with a degree in religion?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:08 pm to StealthCalais11
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The fact that people actually put themselves in thousand of dollars worth of debt for these degrees is mind boggling.
"There should be a universal basic income so that people are free to pursue their passions!" - People who do as you mentioned.
I used to study in a hipster coffee shop during residency. I heard this sentiment by more than one person.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:09 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Exercise science
Computer science
Nursing
Health and medical
Computer and electrical engineering
Useful
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History
Religion
Area studies
Humanities
Languages and literatures other than English
Useless
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:09 pm to OweO
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What can you do with a degree in religion?
Turn water into wine, walk on water... some pretty cool shite.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:10 pm to RLDSC FAN
I would never recommend the medical lab field..period.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:11 pm to RLDSC FAN
That seems like a good thing. Seeing as how a history or religion degree is pretty much useless, it makes sense that those types of programs would have dwindling numbers.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:12 pm to RLDSC FAN
UNO requires engineers to take Literature so they can justify having a Literature Department. There aren't enough students taking it, so they force people to
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:12 pm to IAmNERD
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Seeing as how a history or religion degree is pretty much useless
It could be an interesting minor though.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:13 pm to jeffsdad
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I would never recommend the medical lab field..period.
Because of automation?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:15 pm to GetCocky11
I have a history degree and a great paying job in insurance. I had my job with a fortune 50 company literally calling me to offer me a job as I finished my last final. That was 10 years ago and I’m doing just fine.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:15 pm to Hammertime
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UNO requires engineers to take Literature so they can justify having a Literature Department. There aren't enough students taking it, so they force people to
Same for most universities.
I think it's time society just accept that trade school should be the default path for most people.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:15 pm to jeffsdad
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I would never recommend the medical lab field..period.
Why is this? My youngest is currently in a Lab Science program at Utah. I don't think he ends up there, but curious as to your reasoning.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:15 pm to Hammertime
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UNO requires engineers to take Literature so they can justify having a Literature Department.
Isn't that pretty standard at most schools? All students regardless of major have to take some general ed courses.
I still had to take a sophomore level literature class.
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 8:23 pm
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