Kids Thinking About College? Think About This
There are a lot of people today staring at six figures in student loan debt and wondering if their chosen degree was really worth it.
Student loan debt now totals upwards of $1.5 trillion, up from $600 billion just 10 years ago. The average student who graduates with debt now owes about $30,000.
A new survey asked people which college majors they regret the most. And here are the results . .
1. Humanities which includes history, languages, English, philosophy, and religion.
2. Physical and life sciences, astronomy, chemistry, and biology.
3. Social sciences , which includes things like economics, political science, psychology, and sociology.
4. Education majors.
5. Communications majors.
The people who were least likely to regret their majors are people who studied computer science, engineering, and math.