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re: What are the most useless college degrees?
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:53 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:53 am to SaintlyTiger88
there are so many that are useless. 30 years ago degrees actually meant something, or at least had more value, in the hiring process. With the amount of people getting degrees now they are not as valuable to employers.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:53 am to SaintlyTiger88
Think from experience I’ll have to throw Sports Administration/Management into the mix.
Just go general business or something else.
Just go general business or something else.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:54 am to Shexter
Have a niece she was very smart and she attended a very nice private university out here. Never asked my brother what her degree was in. Fast forward to graduation and I found out she got a degree to become a Librarian. I looked at my brother and went
He told me he tried talking her out of it. She has a job I believe at the local university in the media department. I am sure she is bringing in probably 35 K a year.

He told me he tried talking her out of it. She has a job I believe at the local university in the media department. I am sure she is bringing in probably 35 K a year.

Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:58 am to Granola
People always crap on sociology and I get the reason why, but it may be the best bachelor of arts degree. It can actually be used in counseling, social work, teaching government in high school, and most law enforcement agencies accept it as a direct substitute for a criminal justice degree. The degree itself usually contains at least one high level statistics math class, research methods classes, and a lot of writing. You'll never set the world on fire salary wise but you'll be able to get a decent job, unlike some of these idiotic specialized degrees. You will however be politcally indoctrinated by the time you receive your degree.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:01 am to danilo
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Online Masters of Liberal Arts,
At the time he could only transfer if he majored in something OSU didn't offer. Are you sure that's what he got his masters in? If so does OSU not offer it?
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:06 am to FLBooGoTigs1
quote:a masters degree in library science or a bachelors?
Fast forward to graduation and I found out she got a degree to become a Librarian
Bachelors is library science is about as useless as a sociology degree
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:10 am to SaintlyTiger88
There are no useless degrees, only useless people.
I know plenty of successful people with sociology, English, history, psych degrees, etc. I also know plenty of unsuccessful people with Engineering and other STEM degrees.
I know plenty of successful people with sociology, English, history, psych degrees, etc. I also know plenty of unsuccessful people with Engineering and other STEM degrees.
This post was edited on 3/11/25 at 10:22 am
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:10 am to GreenRockTiger
History
I’m making decent money now, but not due to the field of study.
I’m making decent money now, but not due to the field of study.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:14 am to SaintlyTiger88
Education / teacher
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:14 am to SaintlyTiger88
Any ethnic/gender studies type shite.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:15 am to lsuCJ5
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Mass Comm
This is an interesting one IMO.
I don’t think anyone should be getting a comm degree, but I think most business and engineering majors would benefit greatly from a minor in communication.
Understanding psychology and persuasion has been the tipping point good or bad in more progressional careers than just about any other factor.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:16 am to Peter Venkman
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I’m making decent money now, but not due to the field of study.
I mean, what were you thinking when you were majoring in history? Did you think that was going to be a lucrative field? Sounds like you are the problem, not the degree.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:19 am to SaintlyTiger88
Ahh a new, fresh topic.
OT: everyone should be an engineer. if you aren't an engineer you should kill yourself immediately.
Also OT: why is their no good music or art anymore?
IDK maybe because you mid wits only care about "making money" and nothing else. lmao.
OT: everyone should be an engineer. if you aren't an engineer you should kill yourself immediately.
Also OT: why is their no good music or art anymore?
IDK maybe because you mid wits only care about "making money" and nothing else. lmao.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:20 am to GhostofJackson
quote:many times to work for the government you just need a degree, or to start a better position in the government
what were you thinking when you were majoring in history?
My brother’s useless liberal arts degree got him a nice lucrative government job that even Trump won’t get rid of

Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:22 am to Topwater Trout
Submarine screen door fabrication.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:31 am to Got Blaze
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Underwater Basketweaving
Remedial Fingerpainting
Mongolian Goatroping
Seriously, my 400lb coworker who stays at her desk during break and doodles while listening to K-Pop just got her Library Science degree.
Yeah, good luck with that.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:35 am to SaintlyTiger88
i mean depends on what you want to do but the most useless is general studies
followed by religious studies if you do not plan to go into preaching or clergy
from there you start going into the lib arts programs
followed by religious studies if you do not plan to go into preaching or clergy
from there you start going into the lib arts programs
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:39 am to tigafan4life
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Creative writing.
My daughter has a degree in creative writing. She is a content creator/ editor for a major software company making around 100K a year. Was not a useless degree for her.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:42 am to bad93ex
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STEM
Finance from Harvard, Wharton, MIT will do much better than Louisiana Tech STEM.
Also some STEMs like Biology are useless without med school. Finance degree would be a better route than biology undergrad alone.
This post was edited on 3/11/25 at 10:44 am
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