<p>An econ major is not all that much more valuable than other general studies without certain courses taken, IMO. I know people who hire in business where the money is good, and they could not care less whether the prospect is a French or Econ or Business major They look at what they know and have taken in the way of certain courses. A STEM major is a whole other thing because it is implicit that certain tech and math courses are under the belt when one has gotten degrees in anything in that major. Unfortunately the types of courses that add value to the ECon major are highly likely to be the very ones causing problems for your DD. </p>
<p>Our cousin DD is a Duke Econ major who hasn’t been able to get a living wage job for a number of years now, and she is going back to school now, at a state satellite school to pick up some courses that will improve the odds of her finding a “good” job. She’s not a lone in the number of kids we know who graduated from top schools that can’t find a job that pays well. </p>