"The Most Useless College Degrees"

I didn't make that title up. I borrowed it from this week's Newsweek, which I scanned while in the midst of numerous afternoon errands. It's a brief little blip, apparently provided by The Daily Beast. It doesn't make me happy. Indeed, it makes me wonder. For it is, apparently, equally useless to be a writer, to grow our food, to design our clothes, to take care of our children, to make sure we and others eat sensibly, and to sing.



I quote in full:

10 Majors That Don't Pay

(taking into account career salary levels and the numbers of jobs available):

1. Journalism

2. Horticulture

3. Agriculture

4. Advertising

5. Fashion design

6. Child and family studies

7. Music

8. Mechanical-engineering technology

9. Chemistry

10. Nutrition