CNBC, NBC’s business cable channel, posts data on the ten worst paying college majors (a) right after graduation and (b) in mid-career. If you know any young people headed off to college, you might want to share this info with them, their parents, or both.
What could be described as “the caring professions” don’t pay well. These would include education, theology, social work, recreation, hospitality, psychology, and the performing arts. Following your dreams is one thing, but following them into lifelong penury is ridiculous.
The best paying jobs are in the so-called STEM fields, mostly some sort of engineering. Computers and business fields are not in the low-paying lists. Encourage the young people in your orbit to study something at which they can make a living.
