<p>Instead of comparing two completely different fields, why not compare English/history AA degrees to english/history BA degrees? Or, alternatively, a AA in nursing to a BA in nursing?</p>
<p>I mean, this data is just horribly misrepresented.
It says in order to earn anywhere near 40k you must be in a technical field. It cites the average of one specific field as 45k. All it mentions about other fields is they make about 6k less (34k average, that means).</p>
<p>Then, it mentions the average BA salary is 36k. If you look back at the statistic I mentioned, the average for all fields besides one specific niche, the BA is still 2k higher.</p>
<p>Then, even though the article admits 40k with an AA degree is only attainable in a technical field (and cites a statistic from one), it doesn’t use an example of a technical field for a BA. If they did, it would have lead to a fair comparison. Instead, it cites the 31k, 30k, and 29k earnings in fields statistically known to pay the least amount, LA/humanities.</p>
<p>The article admits AA degrees do not make 40k in the humanities. They do not cite what their pay is. Comparing the highest earning major for an AA degree to the lowest ones of a BA degree is worthless.</p>
<p>If you compared each major side-by-side, BA almost always make more.</p>