The Science major asks, “Why does it work?”
The Engineering major asks, “How does it work?”
The Business major asks, “How much does it cost?”
The Liberal Arts major asks, “Would you like fries with that?”

Yeah, we’ve all heard that joke. Gets us every time. Right?

But don’t throw out your diploma yet.

 There’s always big debates on which college majors are the best. “Which One Will Get You Money” vs. “Which One Do You Enjoy Most”. For many people, the two often intercede. For the rest? Well. We hope you like the smell of fast food.

Despite this, recent studies have shown that the skills learned in Liberal Arts degrees -English, History, Philosophy etc.-  bring their own perks to a person’s career. Employers like hiring people that bring new skills to the table. In fact, Professor Nicholaos Jones makes another groundbreaking point in his own essay : 

Are you ready? You sure?

Staring Salaries vs. Mid-career Salaries are two different things (duh).

Liberal Arts might have lower starting salaries, but by the middle of their careers, Graduates with a Liberal Arts degree have caught up -if not surpassed- their peers in STEM careers.

Why is this? Well, mostly because Liberal Arts majors don’t have a specific job they are training for -instead, they are taught different skills that are suitable for a wide number of jobs. A Theatre Major knows how to communicate with large groups of people, they’re charismatic, empathetic. An English Major might be taught to think outside the box. History Majors might be pros at synthesizing and organizing information.

So what are these people trying to say? Lots of things probably, but, as life isn’t a multiple choice quiz… maybe we should take our liberal arts major and happily roll with it.

And when we say “roll”, we’re hopefully not talking about hamburgers.