<p>Which major in college is the least economically feasible in:
-Engineering?
-Medical science?</p>
<p>Forgive me for asking, but what in the world do you mean by “unstable”? and “least economically feasible?”</p>
<p>The best major for you is the one that meets your ability and interest levels so you can see yourself in it long term. No field is good for you unless you actively like it. It makes no difference what the job market is- go for the one you like best.</p>
<p>What are you asking???</p>
<p>I’m confused…what exactly do you want to know…and why?</p>
<p>Seems to me that almost any major in those fields is going to have reasonably good career prospects for good students… I thought this thread was going to be talking about philosophy or art history majors 
Not to offend any of those, of course, as I do know two philosophy majors who are gainfully employed in their field, and think any art history job (if you can land one) would be fascinating. Just saying that those two areas you mentioned probably have decent job prospects.</p>
<p>Okay, let’s talk about any major that doesn’t have great career prospects. Do philosophy and art history majors have good career prospects?</p>
<p>Well since people have been studying and getting jobs in Philosophy for the last 2400 years, I think it is about the most stable major around.</p>
<p>I read the thread title as “what is the most unusable major”. That makes a little more sense.</p>
<p>No matter what major gets named as not having great career prospects, you’re going to get some parents very upset whose kids are majoring in that major.</p>
<p>It’s like when there’s a discussion of “harder majors” vs “easier majors”. Nearly everyone knows that some majors are harder than others, but if you identify a particular major as being easy, you’re going to get some upset posts.</p>
<p>Pure philosophy jobs are pretty hard to come by these days. The two people I know with them are professors (married to each other). The other philosophy major I know graduated last year and is living (unemployed) in his dad’s basement. It is an interesting topic, but hard to get a job in.</p>
<p>There are a few more art history jobs around. Museum jobs of various types, jobs in the world of art sales, things like that. And teaching, of course.</p>
<p>OP, why are you asking? These seem very obvious to most of us on this forum… some majors have better immediate career prospects (things like engineering, business, medical fields) than other majors (English, philosophy, art history). Not that graduates in those other major absolutely can’t get jobs, but jobs in their chosen area of study are fewer and probably pay less. Is this not obvious to you?</p>
<p>I believe there was a thread out here last year on a study of the least employable majors or something like that, but I am not sure what it was called.</p>
<p>Op, how about you invest 2 minutes of mental effort in posting before you expect parents to invest a lot of time giving you responses, with the intention to help you. The first made no sense, and the second one isn’t even related to the first. </p>
<p>Just another bored teenager trying to get parents into a debate. Such a waste of adult time.</p>
<p>To the OP’s op: Structural engineering (subfield of Civil Engineering) is one of the engineering careers with a high risk of being laid off when there is a downturn in the economy. When money is tight, one of the first things to go is new construction, followed by upgrades to existing construction.</p>
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<p>I had to laugh. That’s where my D is headed.</p>
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<p>Actually, if you believe the payscale.com salary data on graduates with only a bachelors degree, philosophy majors do rather well. By mid-career, their average salaries are higher than majors in biology, microbiology, communications, global and international studies, business,public administration, nursing, hotel management, public relations, and psychology … among others.</p>
<p>I can think of two possible explanations, which are not mutually exclusive:
- a philosophy degree provides strong preparation in the thinking and communication skills that successful people need in almost any field (especially in leadership roles)
- the philosophy major tends to attract relatively smart people who would tend to be successful in many fields</p>
<p>I suspect that a relatively high percentage of philosophy majors go on to graduate or professional schools, so that if payscale.com included data on people with graduate degrees, philosophy majors would compare even more favorably.</p>