What's a good major these days that isn't engineering

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I speculate that most of the history BAs that have gone on to work in administration would be doing their jobs better had they taken some business courses. It might, in fact, have been better had they majored in business or organizational management and just taken a few courses in history. Since history BAs generally work with people a lot, history students shouldn’t get “lost” in books, but rather should keep active with, and learn about, people.

What possible evidence could you have of this? History is the study of people’s behavior - historically, yes, but historical understanding of people helps us understand current social movements and behavior.

Also, while Payscale can give you an okay idea of the kinds of jobs that our out there, the sample is not a representative sample of majors in any one area at all. For one example, it’s supposed to be for people with a BA in history - there’s another section for people with JDs, but some people chose to fill out the BA in history section. But it might not include the history majors who got MBAs, MSWs, and master’s degrees in other fields. It also certainly doesn’t include any history majors who have never used Payscale when job hunting (I haven’t used Payscale when job hunting, so my job and salary isn’t represented, and even if it was it would be under Doctor of Philosophy and not BA in psychology).