Major Trade-Offs: The Surprising Truths about College Majors and Entry-Level Jobs

An eye-opening look at the relationship between students’ majors and their entry-level jobs.

Humanities majors are used to answering the question, “So, what are you going to do with that degree?” The common misconception is that students in humanities programs don’t learn any useful skills for the real world. In Major Trade-Offs, sociologist Corey Moss-Pech argues that not only do humanities majors learn real-world skills, but they actually use them when they graduate. Despite this discrepa...