| | The '''worst college majors''' are fields of study that leave the student with relatively few job opportunities and often a distorted or ultra-[[liberal]] view of the world. Students incur an average debt in excess of $25,000 for attending college, and these college majors can leave such students without the ability to pay off their loans, which are typically not dischargeable in bankruptcy. | | The '''worst college majors''' are fields of study that leave the student with relatively few job opportunities and often a distorted or ultra-[[liberal]] view of the world. Students incur an average debt in excess of $25,000 for attending college, and these college majors can leave such students without the ability to pay off their loans, which are typically not dischargeable in bankruptcy. |
| − | Adding insult to injury, many public colleges have begun charging students more if they decline one of the Worst College Majors, and study something of value instead.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-24/differential-tuition-increase-major/54513940/1</ref> Incidentially, a study by ''USA Today'' and the non-profit Education Sector showed that 514 colleges are more likely to produce defaults in student loans than graduates.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/03/514-Colleges-Have-Higher-Default-Rates-Than-Graduation-Rates</ref> | + | Adding insult to injury, many public colleges have begun charging students more if they decline one of the Worst College Majors, and study something of value instead.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-24/differential-tuition-increase-major/54513940/1</ref> Incidentally, a study by ''USA Today'' and the non-profit Education Sector showed that 514 colleges are more likely to produce defaults in student loans than graduates.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/03/514-Colleges-Have-Higher-Default-Rates-Than-Graduation-Rates</ref> |
| | In addition, college matters less and less to employers. The number of degree-less hires is trending way up at [[Google]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1& In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal, NYTimes, June 19, 2913]</ref> President of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Many liberal-arts graduates, even from the best schools, aren’t getting jobs in part because they didn’t learn much in school.”<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/02/10/sorry-left-and-right-no-job-requires-a-college-degree/ Sorry Left AND Right, No Job Requires A College Degree, Forbes.com, February 10, 2013]</ref> | | In addition, college matters less and less to employers. The number of degree-less hires is trending way up at [[Google]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1& In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal, NYTimes, June 19, 2913]</ref> President of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Many liberal-arts graduates, even from the best schools, aren’t getting jobs in part because they didn’t learn much in school.”<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/02/10/sorry-left-and-right-no-job-requires-a-college-degree/ Sorry Left AND Right, No Job Requires A College Degree, Forbes.com, February 10, 2013]</ref> |