Which college degrees are a waste of time?

I have a bachelors in history I got 3 years ago from the university I went to and have not used it once. The jobs I have received since graduating college have been low paying jobs, paying about 9 dollars as hour, that only require a high school diploma.

Most jobs now a days require experience but you can't gain experience without getting hired at the place you want to work for with the degree you have.

And personally, I'm sure a lot of people think that if they go to college and work hard and graduate, they'll find a job that pays well. I mean who's going to pay 40,000 dollars for a piece of paper saying you learned something only to be doing a job after graduating making 10 dollars an hour? Where's the logic in that? That's 40,000 dollars of your money or someone else's money down the drain.

First, Marymiss makes a great point. To be more specific, degrees where there are few jobs. Or where there are jbs but many more graduates than jobs. The following are just a few:

anthropology

psychology

sociology

communications

astronomy

marine biology

general studies

women's studies

Latin American studies

African Studies

English

Some of these, together with a further couple years to get a teaching credential can get you a job as a high school teacher.

any degree in any field that you don't love and can't see yourself doing for the rest of your life, everyday. As for good job without good education, there are two things you should keep in mind: 1) the point of education is not only to get you a job, but also to teach you how to think, analyze, express your thoughts, etc, and to make you a more intellectual person - of course, you'll learn a lot of that in real experiences through life, but what you learn in college is priceless when it comes to that. 2) in 21st century, with a global economy and Competition from around the world, it is harder and harder to land a good job without the right education. for instance, I know a guy who doesn't have engineering degree but has a good job as an engineer, but he is 60+ years old, and he got in some 40 years ago when there were not millions of people with phds from india, fighting to get in good companies. So, you need to be aware of the competition, and keep up. in 21st century and global world we live in, education plays a huge role.

A degree in religion would be a complete waste of time. Only slightly less a complete waste of time would be a degree in advertising.

You want a practical degree, then pick Computer Science or Business. Something that provides practical knowledge.

RST (recreation, sports, and tourism)

linguistics and anthropology