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I have a Poli Sci degree, and while I may not be setting the world on fire, it has served me well. I just had to be realistic about its return value. I knew I would be making a lower income right out of school, so I kept my debt to a minimum. After graduation, I moved to Chicago where every entry level required a bachelors degree. Everything. Now I have a nice job in law that pays enough for a nice apartment, decent health insurance, and a deep-dish pizza every weekend. However, hopefully I will be moving on to a graduate program that will help me get a better paying job.
A bachelors degree in general will be useful, but for a liberal arts degree you just need to try and get the most bang for your buck. I also have an associates of computer science. Getting that degree taught me that suffering through something that doesn't interest me is far worse than trying to do the best with a degree that I loved obtaining. I noticed a lot of student around me getting liberal arts degrees fell into them because they assumed they'd be the easiest. Liberal arts can become a refugee for people not passionate about an education, but feel the pressure to get a degree in this competitive job market. However, if you are passionate about the degree and are fairly resourceful, you can make it work, or at least turn it into your dream job in a graduate program.
Some of the courses required for a pol sci degree can be very useful in a business setting: statistics, one year of a foreign language and business law are all requirements (or were) when I got my pol sci degree. You aren't just learning about politics. I do agree that it's a fairly useless degree, but that's because most employers don't understand what is being learned in this degree program. I also got a job offer that was only open to people with political science degrees: it was a job doing political research (although I turned it down).
Thanks for that, looked at website but how much would it cost? Couldnt find the price wise but will call the #. does the CNPR when completed help you get a rep job much better than just having your BA?
Some of the courses required for a pol sci degree can be very useful in a business setting: statistics, one year of a foreign language and business law are all requirements (or were) when I got my pol sci degree. You aren't just learning about politics. I do agree that it's a fairly useless degree, but that's because most employers don't understand what is being learned in this degree program. I also got a job offer that was only open to people with political science degrees: it was a job doing political research (although I turned it down).
The problem lies in how a university education is being treated as vocational school, which it is not and never was. Not every degree will lead to a job, it never did in the whole history of the university system. The exception is traditional university studies such as law, medicine, or some other scientific field.
If someone just wants "to get a job" then they would be better off studying a trade at a community college or tech school.
I would argue that the purpose of college today is more or less "To get a better job than what a Highschool diploma would do on its on". Does that make college a trade school, community college or vo-tech? Maybe it does but I have to think if you are plunking down 40K for 4 years and graduating with debt, there should be some kind of return when you get out.
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