<p>I didn’t get a chance to read all the responses, so I’m just responding to the OP’s question. My wife earned a Humanities degree at a CSU. She now brings home just over 100K. But that’s after 15 years of working up to that salary, and to be honest, it’s barely enough to survive on when you have a daughter and a mortgage. One of many reasons I’m back in school myself. Like someone mentioned to me at a cafe the other day, the undergrad is the new High School diploma. It just doesn’t go as far as it used to, and to be honest, STEM doesn’t go that much further than a Humanities degree, so just choose the major you love. </p>
<p>Humanities degrees are just fine, but your eye should be on graduate school. That should be what everyone takes away from this thread, your graduate school plans after your UG, if you want to truly be successful with a Humanities degree. I’m not saying you can’t be successful with a UG Humanities degree, but the writing is on the wall for all degrees, it’s a saturated job market in a lackluster economy. It is what it is, and universities will have you believe your UG will take you to the moon. That’s just not reality. </p>
<p>Get your graduate degree, in my opinion it’s the ONLY way to have a real shot at a future in this economy. And this is why I get sad when I hear about kids pissing away their GPA in their UG because they don’t foresee graduate school in their future. I see countless undergrads after two years trying to find a job deciding to return to school, but BOOM, they hit a brick wall when that 2.3 comes back to haunt them as they try to get into (and pay for) their graduate work. </p>
<p>I too am going to law school after UCLA, and I wanted to quickly address your $100K debt concern. It’s 100% about your GPA and LSAT, that’s it. Not your background, prestige of school, major or anything else. So just focus on your UG GPA and study your butt off (for months) to nail the LSAT. Then, that $100K debt turns into a full ride somewhere. Law Schools don’t care about what you majored in, they really don’t. I’ve spoken with several adcoms over the years. It’s GPA/LSAT, that’s it. A friend of mine, who got his degree from Phoenix online university, got a 3.9 and a 171 LSAT. He’s now attending a T14, with an almost full-ride scholarship. His goal was to pick the easiest major possible to get a 4.0, and over those few years he studied the LSAT at least 2X/week while finishing his UG online. He said when all is said and done he’ll be about $20K in debt, which includes his UG and a law degree from a prestigious law school. Not too shabby. Even in this market, he’s got a real shot at financial success.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>