Re: OT: Top Five Degrees
- From: dgenglish@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 1 Sep 2006 09:49:00 -0700
Jenny6833A wrote:
AOL is touting one of it's badly padded articles, "Degrees Through The
Decades" by Jennifer Merritt. It's not worth reading. However, it
does list the "Top Five Degrees" by decade. By "Top Five" Merritt
means 'degrees most awarded.'
1970s: Education, Social Sciences and History, Business, English, and
(in 5th place) Biology.
1980s: Business, Education, Social Sciences and History, Health, and
(in 5th place) Engineering.
1990s: Business, Social Sciences and History, Education, Health, and
Psychology.
2000s (so far): Social Sciences and History, Business, Education,
Psychology, and Visual & Performing Arts.
Note that Biology and Engineering each made the list just once, but not
recently, and then only in fifth place. In 35 years, nothing else of a
scientific nature made the list at all.
Sad.
:-(
Jenny
"Health" might count as a technical field. It appears to replace
"biology" after the 1970s.
I'm curious to know the further breakdown of "Social Science and
History" degrees, since I just can't imagine that a straight-up
Bachelor's degree in "history" would be very popular in any decade.
I'm guessing public policy and political science majors?
Dave
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