It’s a actual question I have my cousin is
Bout to graduate college
but she has a degree in Some European folklore studies or something,
nice things to learn but how does that even help ??

Do y’all not have a complete idea what u want to
With ur life and just wanted to have the crazy college dorm experience

Wasting time and money

Maybe he finds that interesting, and wants to get a job in academia because of it, im in STEM and its overrated and you can only really get a job in stem with ur undergrad in Tech and Engineering. For some people they might just wanna do something that they enjoy instead of what pays the most

People will say it’s cause it’s sometning they enjoy doing and I agree with that but also if you’ve decide to major in feminist dance theory or something that has less opportunities for work don’t complain when you can’t find a good job

A liberal arts degree from Harvard is more valuable than a finance degree from (Insert State) State University

A lot of jobs have a requirement for a college degree, but the actual job doesn’t require a specific degree, so they study their interests

Maybe they want to go to grad school for it

And finally there actually are jobs you can get that directly use liberal arts degrees they’re just rarer

Because they’re dumb and blindly follow the ideology that the school system shoves down their throat saying that they need to take out ridiculously high loans and get a degree in order to be successful in life

cause theyre fruitcakes

lotta people genuinely don't think ahead and just want to have fun while they're young (@ why they don't go to community instead)

STEM jobs might pay well but this stuff drains your soul, so many people i meet in my major just awkward robots who can't give you an answer about why they're studying this besides money

basically the liberal arts degree --> working at starbucks thing is definitely a cliche but also kinda real, esp considering so many jobs in the US are in service/administrative work

It depends what the liberal arts degree
For example at my school I'm doing a degree thats essentially a mixture of Marketing/Web Design. I'm essentially learning front end Web Development but for some reason this is part of the liberal arts section at my school

It all really just depends. I know someone who is a Social Work/ Spanish Studies major. She took the latter because she wanted to learn more about her ancestry/overall history. Sometimes people just want to do something that interest them

I wish I didn't waste my time doing it but at least I got a nice job

Cause 18 year olds make stupid decisions (including myself)
F*** college, credentialist scam

You have better chance at working at Goldman Sachs or McKinsey & Co. with a Harvard liberal arts degree than you would a finance or comp sci degree from flyover state university

This gonna blow y’all minds, but there are other reasons for choosing a degree path other than the prospect of a job’s estimated salary that is usually less in reality than what you see on those career websites anyway

Unless your schooling is paid for not sure why you would go to school for that

Why do people buy cars and houses they can't afford? Not everything has a pragmatic basis.

If you are interested in gender studies and want to find a place for yourself in the field, go ahead and do it. Life's too short to get a degree in some s*** you don't care about because it's more lucrative.

If you DON'T have a plan at all, don't go to college. You're there to learn. It's cheaper to socialize elsewhere.

MIT, yall in a box

Like what

Ummm are you asking why she studied something she was passionate about?

The example in OP sounds like a pretty distinct study to me that was clearly picked for a reason. If the school has a program for it then its an option for a reason ..... not sure what this is really about. Why wouldn't you ask her about her post-grad plans?