Three Questions in One?

A degree in History does not lead to a career. If you get a degree in history you will still end up as an electrician. History needs to be your hobby.

The following are considered “personal enrichment degrees”:

Anthropology

Archeology

Art

Art History

Creative Writing

Classics

English

Film

General Studies

History

Humanities

Interdisciplinary Studies

Journalism

Language & Culture

Liberal Arts

Literature

Political Science

A language

Media

Music History

Paleontology

Photography

Philosophy

Sociology

“Anything” Studies & basically anything you get a “bachelor’s of arts” in

There are far more grads than jobs in these. You can have a good life with one of these degrees but the job market does not value them highly:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/pf/1008/galler...

This is not to say you will not get a job but odds are that your job will not be related to your degree & may not pay as well as some other majors.

I’m not saying we should all be engineers, economists or doctors. But society is voting that way with its money

With a degree in the above & a GPA over 3.0 you can:

1. Get into law school. However law schools today graduate far more lawyers than needed, thus depressing wages.

2. Pursue a master’s in a field with a defined career path, for example business administration, social work. Hopefully such a program will not require many prerequisites you do not have. A graduate degree is more valuable than a second bachelor’s degree.

3. Go to grad school in the same field & earn a PhD so you can become a college professor. However, there are far more PhD grads in some fields like Philosophy than there ever will be any kind of faculty positions

Or with a lower GPA

4. Take a K-12 teaching qualification, which is usually 2 more years, so you can teach your subject at a public school

5. Look for a job in fields where they want you to have a degree, any degree. Where they want the degree because they want people who have proven they can stick with something difficult. There are more jobs like this than you may think

6. If you join the military you are more likely to enter as an officer instead of enlisted personnel

What is an English major supposed to do after college?

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/pos...

This link considers certain degrees useless as the number of jobs that will be created in the field up to 2018 is less than the number of graduates in one year in that major

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2843/1/

Here is a listing of the average starting & mid-career salaries for most 4 year majors. Note that these stats only apply to people who actually got a job in their field. Many graduates in the lower half of the list never get a job in their field & are not counted.

The higher they pay, the harder the major & generally the more math they require. Just be aware that high pay does not mean high demand.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/08/pf/college/best_pa...