I need some serious help choosing a major

Melodyx
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:39:41 +0000

I don’t know how many times I’ve posted a similar thread like this or how many years I’ve had thinking about it but this has to stop. I am overthinking this way too much, to the point where I feel life is passing me by.

I am in my mid 20’s, started college straight out of high school and have completed all my general courses. I still work at my very first job, have been working here for 10 years now as a data entry clerk . After two years of working at the office, they allowed me to work from home, I was able to move around/travel…this is one if not the only best thing about my job. No benefits, no growth.

Now that I have my first daughter, I would love a career that may offer work/life balance (like mine does), decent pay and where I can grow and become a professional. Sure, I would love something inspiring like a teacher or school setting but I have my doubts. I have absolutely no idea what to study. I am aiming for an associates, because I would like to study something quick and start searching for this new job search within the ending of next year and also because I simply don’t know what to do yet.

The job search would be general no specific industry, but I don’t know which major would best fit for that idea.

I was wondering if I can combine an associates degree with my ‘data entry’ experience. My college offers two year programs like diagnostic medical sonography, dental hygienist,nursing but these are full time programs and I would like something that I can do at my own pace.

These are some of the associates degrees offered at my college that I may consider:

Arts and Humanities:
Communications - Human Communication Concentration
Communications - Journalism Concentration
Communications - Public Relations Concentration
Graphic & Interactive Design

Business and Hospitality:
Business - General Business Concentration
Business - Management Concentration
Business - Marketing Concentration
Business Administration

Healthcare:
Medical Laboratory Technician

Social Science:
Early Care and Education
Early Childhood-Elementary Education
Human Services - General Human Services Track
Psychology
Social Sciences

Computer Technology:
Web Development and Design - General Web Studies Track
Web Development and Design - Interactive Web Media Track
Web Development and Design - Web Application Development Track
Computer Networking Technology
Computer Information Security
Computer Information Systems - Business Intelligence Application Developer Concentration
Computer Information Systems - Database Analyst Concentration
Computer Information Systems - Support Specialist Concentration

Please, any general advice would be helpful.
Thank you!

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