What should I major in?

mathmom
Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:36:47 +0000

How good a salary? Son majored in IR and is earning what is typical for kids straight out of school working for NGOs. It would be a good salary if he wasn’t also in NYC!

Most people I knew who were not in the science or math just majored in whatever they liked best. Those who didn’t go on to be academics are usually doing things like human resources, politics, city administration, events and development work, lawyering (obviously requires grad school), arts administration. The ones who have had the most struggles financially are those who became priests or ministers - shrinking congregations have meant shrinking positions.