This story is presented as part of The Stranger’s Back to School 2018 issue, out now.
It’s foolish to think the primary reason for going to college is to learn.
Where you go to school and what you study is one of the most expensive choices you will make in your young life, so you should submit this decision to some practical economic analysis. Any methodical analysis of what to study will yield one clear conclusion: A degree in the hard sciences of STEM is the only diploma worth spending money on.
Science majors are the most likely to be hired and they earn the highest average wages. They leave college with employers dangling $10,000 signing bonuses in front of their noses like little snacks on their way to guaranteed six-figure salaries. Meanwhile, the poor English majors stay just that: poor English majors.
