Are there any college majors that are worth a damn thing anymore?

Are there any college majors that are worth a damn thing anymore?
I'm in environmental biology and every day I feel like I'm striving for nothing
It's only my freshmen year so I'm thinking of taking next year off if I can to find proper work so I can figure myself out more before I commit to bio

Bio is fine but you have to pick either biotechnology or cancer. Envbio is shit. 90% of the money in bio research is in medicine related fields.

CS/eng or you're better off in a trade. Hell, most tradies probably do better than the avg eng grad.

getting my MBA in healthcare administration and it's almost a guarantee of six figures and a chance to effect the industry.

I'd toss business finance in there, too, but yeah, you need to pursue a professional degree or else you're pretty much wasting your time

Got a mech engineering degree and work with tradesmen. They don't make as much as the engineers but they have better overtime opportunities and their jobs are secure because millennials don't want "icky jobs". Also they got paid to learn their skills as apprentices where I had to pay for school.

sounds like you have no idea why you are biology. I am biochemistry, senior applying to graduate programs currently, and I have extreme ambitions, especially with treating neurodegenerative disorders, especially alzheimers, and especially if i get into the specific program i want. Im extremely personally interested in what i do, but i would suggest you switching majors if you dont know yet. most environmental biologists have no idea what they want to do, the successful ones already know what they want to do at your stage.

if you're doing biology for the money, get out. do petroleum engineering or accounting.

Don't take a year off. Just get your b/s. You can change majors later if you want, even if you don't, get yours B.S.

Do NOT go EE or CS. For the love of all that is holy, if you're going to listen to one post user, listen to this one. Do not. Go EE or CS. The job market is flooded and expected to flood even more. Find a more niche STEM field (typically X engineering, e.g. civil, mechanical, biogenetic) and do a ton of projects and teamwork things in it. Join a society. Volunteer. Do some internships.

Your grades are NOT enough. Do you know how many smart mother fuckers are out there with 4.0 GPAs in Ivy League schools? Pro tip: there's a lot. But if you have a ton of work experience/teamwork experience and can prove that you're capable of working in a career environment with other people, you can write your own checks. That's the best advice I can give you.

What about what this user said petroleum engineering sounds tight

this is correct too. dont enter a niche field like EE, CS, physics, or mechanical engineering unless you have background with these fields and have a passion for them. I highly suggest finding what you actually give a shit about and follow it, no matter how driven you are to make money, be successful, make your parents happy, you will fail at something you don't see worthy of your attention. Once you do find something you are good at though, you should be able to coast through.
I still have people in my classes who are failing tests but still trying to stay the course of their majors when they are unhappy doing it (and most are biology majors for premed, for their parents). I never do badly on a test in my subject simply because studying for that shit isnt a chore, i actually am so interested in it that i enjoy learning and it takes less effort.

not to mention if you do graduate, once you go to post-graduate studies youll be destroyed mentally apparently; it's very hard to do well in graduate programs without a primary interest, or so literally everyone ive talked to tells me.

Econ or finance with a history double major is the academic redpill

ive worked with tradesmen. they admit they make good money, but the old fucks will tell you to stay far away. its a young mans job and will break your body till you physically cant work in a trade anymore. then you take a shit tier maintenance job for the rest of your life paying just above min wage. theres a reason they all urged me to keep going to school.

you bullshitting. a CS degree will get you incredible opportunities in any city where jobs are plentiful. if your dream is to live on the farm / in the country like the typical Sup Forumstard then school in general is just not for you.

This first paragraph of this is ridiculous.

Just here to note that CS and EE are both ever-so-slightly fading as lucrative degrees but CE (Computer engineering) is thriving because it's a combination of both hardware and software.

CS and EE are fine degrees and you won't have trouble finding a job.

If CS and EE are bad degrees because of the first paragraph, then ME and ChemE are incredibly bad. (They aren't)

Source: CE major.

CS and EE are bad degrees for someone in their freshman year of college is the thing. really good/successful computer science people/electrical engineering people seem to know that that was their interest from a more early age, same with physics people. It's just a super demanding field that requires not only lots of academic knowledge, but an inherent drive. also user's point is there are so many people doing it JUST for the money that you will probably be outclassed if that's your case too.

Most people do not end up working in the same field as their major.

Let's be honest - you're not going to make dick with a biology degree, unless you get a doctorate - and even then, maybe.

If you want to make money, don't get a degree in STEM.

If you don't have a passion for it going in, you're sure as shit not going to have one going out.

A BA, outside of very specific training, is the equivalent of a high school diploma now. Plan on a Masters if you want to get anywhere right out of college.

If your goal is only a bachelors, take the money you would be applying for a degree, and apply it towards a small business. You'll pay it off faster, be less stressed, and more successful.

Bio is a tough field to find work - and when you do find work, it's utterly boring and unfulfilling, as the guy who runs the lab gets all the money and all the recognition. You're just a drone cleaning petri dishes, especially with a BA.

Take the year off. Go travel. Go see what the world looks like. Don't take a year off to get a job, because you'll never go back.

And most of all, don't go into massive debt for the rest of your life unless you know for sure that line of work will be your life's passion. Even then, try to get as many scholarships and grants and state schools as you can.

Better yet, join the military, and have them pay for it.

I love how peole say "get engineering degree". Not everyone can handle the math and the concepts. You don't just "get" engineering, you have to have the right brain and temperment for it.

The field is FLOODED with CS degrees now. Specialization is key in that field.

Saying "get a CS degree" is like saying "get a Liberal Arts degree" at this point.

My roommate is a recruiter for Microsoft in Redmond Wa. He gets hundreds of cs resumes emailed to him every day for a limited number of positions. The cs field is over flooded in the Seattle area which is one of the biggest tech areas in the nation.

Don't go to colleges. Live in forests.

This is still bad information.

Any engineering that isn't "creative engineering" or "Imagineering" will suit you just fine, provided you can pass the math and physics prerequisite semesters.

The meme wars between engineering majors is just that, a meme.

"Join the military, not because of personal conviction but because you get free st00fz!"

You sound like a nigger.

Biochem grad student here, majored in biochem as an undergrad.

First of all, STEM is a meme. There is no money in basic sciences, and academia is incredibly competitive. "TEM," seems safe, however.

If you're beholden to basic science, just know environmental biology has to be one of the worst of the worst. First, there are VERY few opportunities in industry, so you are essentially dependent on state funded programs. Second, these programs have incredibly turbulent funding and thus you will have incredibly low job security.

Did you have an actual point, or are you just a simpleton mouthbreather who likes to post the word "nigger", because it's "naughty"?