<p>The problem with this is that it’s presumptuous. Certain majors may have higher average salaries, but there’s no way to know what the people from those majors are going to actually do. The philosophy major may attend Harvard Law and their first job may be a near-six figure job at a BigLaw firm, whereas the engineering major may decide that he hates engineering professionally and become a freelance writer or a math teacher.</p>
<p>I also think that this has the potential to discourage low-income students from majoring in high-paying careers, because they wouldn’t be able to afford it. That would further a wage gap and just make income inequality larger, perpetuating generational wealth. Wealthy kids could afford to major in any field, including the most lucrative; low-income students may have to settle for majors with lower-paying average salaries with fewer professional job opportunities.</p>
<p>The extra fees that these schools are charging aren’t “differential tuition policies” for higher-paying majors with a higher ROI; they are simply extra fees associated with the higher costs of administering these programs.</p>