I think this falls under the category of too-obvious-to-be-news, but Payscale Inc. has issued their list of the 20 worst-paying college degrees… Here’s a link to the CBS MoneyWatch article.
For the record, this is the first animated bling to ever appear on WOP...
And guess what? There are 5 art degrees on the list… For the right-brainers, that’s 25%… Degrees involving children also account for 25% of the list… Ministry studies made 10% of the list in 2 separate categories as well…
I don’t expect that anyone will be surprised… I’m certainly not, since I’m sitting-pretty with a dual major in Religion and Theatre Arts…
My question is: Why do we study art? or theology? or disciplines that involve children? If it’s not for the bling…
I can answer for myself, after six years in a job that was math and engineering focused, life is more than the sum of your net worth and satisfaction is more about passion than about my personal balance sheet.
But I gotta eat and nobody wants to pay me to believe in the power of my dreams…
So, most of us will have to find a way to pay the bills while we work on the artistic pursuits that fuel our passion…
The CBS article ends with this clever dig:
If you’d rather end up with one of the best-paying college degrees, you’ll have to major in something that requires a lot of math classes.
I think if somebody had told me this going in, I’d have picked a more lucrative, third major… Of course, I could’ve been a doctor in the same amount of time…
How about you?
Corrected to show the arts and children’s studies account for 25% each… not so left-brained…