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The '''worst college majors''' are fields of study that leave the student with relatively few job opportunities and often a distorted or ultra-conservative 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 less if they decline all 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>

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, are getting jobs entirely 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>

==Undergraduate majors==

==Undergraduate majors==

# Conservative Politics

# Liberal Arts<ref name=yahoo1>[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-worst-college-majors-143200704.html] Yahoo Finance, June 2014</ref>

# [[Feminism|Women's studies]]<ref name=collegecrunch>[http://www.collegecrunch.org/advice/the-10-most-expensive-but-useless-degrees-in-americ/] College Crunch, December 2008</ref>

# [[Feminism|Women's studies]]<ref name=collegecrunch>[http://www.collegecrunch.org/advice/the-10-most-expensive-but-useless-degrees-in-americ/] College Crunch, December 2008</ref>

# [[Atheism|Secularism]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/us/08secular.html Pitzer College in California Adds Major in Secularism]</ref><ref>In their book ''Encyclopedia of Social Deviance'', which was published in 2014, authors Craig J. Forsyth and ‎Heith Copes wrote: "Atheism as a subject of social science has also generally been ignored in comparison with the scholarly work on religion" (see page 41 of their book).  Social Scientists are often generally reluctant to study atheists and it is considered not a great thing to have on your resume for future employment as far as graduate students (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7Dlwaufyk Why is Psychology Silent When it Comes to Atheism? - Dr. Melanie Brewster - Skepticon 7], Published on Nov 27, 2014). According to the atheist Dr. Melanie Brewster, "Good peer-reviewed psychology journals are kind of hesitant to take studies on atheism."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7Dlwaufyk]  Hunsberger was the first social scientists to do a fairly intensive look at atheists and a book on his study was published in 2006.[http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Groundbreaking-Study-Americas-Nonbelievers/dp/1591024137] One of the great ironies of this state of affairs is that the very well-known psychiatrist [[Sigmund Freud]] was an atheist (much of his work is now considered [[pseudoscience]]).[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/defender-of-a-damaging-pseudo-science/157101.article] See also: [[Sigmund Freud's view of religion]]).</ref><ref>[[Global atheism|Global atheism/agnosticism is declining]] and the trend of [[desecularization]] is expected to continue in the 21st century.  Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] told a secular audience in Australia: "The trends that are happening worldwide inevitably in an age of globalization are going to affect us."[http://fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth] In the [[Western World]] and the world as a whole [[internet atheism|interest in internet atheism is declining]].</ref>  See also: [[Views on atheists]]

# [[Atheism|Secularism]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/us/08secular.html Pitzer College in California Adds Major in Secularism]</ref><ref>In their book ''Encyclopedia of Social Deviance'', which was published in 2014, authors Craig J. Forsyth and ‎Heith Copes wrote: "Atheism as a subject of social science has also generally been ignored in comparison with the scholarly work on religion" (see page 41 of their book).  Social Scientists are often generally reluctant to study atheists and it is considered not a great thing to have on your resume for future employment as far as graduate students (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7Dlwaufyk Why is Psychology Silent When it Comes to Atheism? - Dr. Melanie Brewster - Skepticon 7], Published on Nov 27, 2014). According to the atheist Dr. Melanie Brewster, "Good peer-reviewed psychology journals are kind of hesitant to take studies on atheism."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7Dlwaufyk]  Hunsberger was the first social scientists to do a fairly intensive look at atheists and a book on his study was published in 2006.[http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Groundbreaking-Study-Americas-Nonbelievers/dp/1591024137] One of the great ironies of this state of affairs is that the very well-known psychiatrist [[Sigmund Freud]] was an atheist (much of his work is now considered [[pseudoscience]]).[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/defender-of-a-damaging-pseudo-science/157101.article] See also: [[Sigmund Freud's view of religion]]).</ref><ref>[[Global atheism|Global atheism/agnosticism is declining]] and the trend of [[desecularization]] is expected to continue in the 21st century.  Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] told a secular audience in Australia: "The trends that are happening worldwide inevitably in an age of globalization are going to affect us."[http://fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth] In the [[Western World]] and the world as a whole [[internet atheism|interest in internet atheism is declining]].</ref>  See also: [[Views on atheists]]

# Sequential Art<ref>http://www.scad.edu/sequential-art/index.cfm</ref>

# Sequential Art<ref>http://www.scad.edu/sequential-art/index.cfm</ref>

# Golf Management – University of Birmingham / Florida Gulf Coast University

# Golf Management – University of Birmingham / Florida Gulf Coast University

# Journalism <ref>http://www.foxbusiness.com/slideshow/personal-finance/2010/06/28/worst-fields-graduates/#slide=4</ref>

# Journalism <ref>http://www.foxbusiness.com/slideshow/personal-finance/2010/06/28/worst-fields-graduates/#slide=4</ref>

# Fashion Design

# Fashion Design

# Drama/Theater<ref name="georgetown" /><ref name="yahoo2" />

# Drama/Theater<ref name="georgetown" /><ref name="yahoo2" />

# Horticulture<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Horticulture<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Photography<ref name="kiplinger" /><ref name="yahoo1" />

# Photography<ref name="kiplinger" /><ref name="yahoo1" />

# Video Game Design

# Video Game Design

# Comparative Religion  

# Comparative Religion  

# Gaming Management<ref name="cat">[http://www.umac.mo/iscg/courses/gmdiphome.html 10 Worst College Majors for Employment]</ref>

# Gaming Management<ref name="cat">[http://www.umac.mo/iscg/courses/gmdiphome.html 10 Worst College Majors for Employment]</ref>

# Ethnic Studies

# Ethnic Studies

# Paralegal studies/prelaw

# Paralegal studies/prelaw

# Philosophy<ref>[http://www.toptenz.net/to-10-useless-college-classes-degrees.php]</ref><ref name="yahoo1" />

# Philosophy<ref>[http://www.toptenz.net/to-10-useless-college-classes-degrees.php]</ref><ref name="yahoo1" />

# Theology & Religious Vocations<ref name="georgetown" /><ref name="yahoo1" />

# Theology & Religious Vocations<ref name="georgetown" /><ref name="yahoo1" />

# Social Work<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Social Work<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Culinary Arts<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Culinary Arts<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Child and Family Studies<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Child and Family Studies<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Biblical Studies<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Biblical Studies<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Animal Science<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Animal Science<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Exercise Science<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Exercise Science<ref name="kiplinger" />

# Physical Fitness/Education<ref name="yahoo1" /><ref name="collegecrunch" />

# Physical Fitness/Education<ref name="yahoo1" /><ref name="collegecrunch" />

# Commercial Art/Graphic Design<ref name="yahoo1" />

# Commercial Art/Graphic Design<ref name="yahoo1" />

# Economics (without a numerate bias)<ref name="yahoo2" />

# Economics (without a numerate bias)<ref name="yahoo2" />

# Latin<ref name="collegecrunch" />

# Latin<ref name="collegecrunch" />