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Not unless you apply it to the corporate world, no. I got a degree in art, specifically graphic design, and the job market's pretty good for us. Painters and sculptors? Not so much. But if that's what you want to do it's not my place to say otherwise.

Painters and sculptors with talent, don't go to school. Why? They don't need to be conformed into the prof's style.

Hey, if you're getting a paycheck, it's a "real job," however you want to describe it, IMO.

Same for McDonald's employes?

That's why I was critical of the article when I first read it a few months back. It's basically become an engineer or bust.

hey now McFrappe, McGriddle and McNuggets are fancy words

Earning potential out of school doesn't matter as much because a kid should know whether or not he/she is going to make alot or a little when they graduate. So if it comes down to jobs after college, it all depends on what the kid thinks:

If you're an english major because you like to read books, but not because you want to teach english, then you'll be jobless. If you're an political science major because you like a good debate, but have no interest in getting into politics, then you'll be jobless.

Also notice in the article that the author states "no internships". Any kid with internships geared towards what he/she wants to do has a leg up.

When we hire kids out of school, we take engineering, architecture, or construction related degrees. We typically require them to have a few internships (most of them do) and we'll pay anywhere from 45-60k coming out of college.

Internships are such a ridiculous scam, its unbelievable.

Don't forget about health care jobs. One can make good money coming out of school and get a job anywhere they want to go .

Not everybody can become an engineer, I should know I first went to school for engineering and almost failed out. Ended up with a General Studies degree which should be on the list of degrees that don't get you a job but fortunately for me my company didn't care what kind of degree I had. One field you can always find a job in is sales.

When the economy fell and I lost my job it took me 8 months to find another engineering job. I have a bachelor's in Civil Engineering and a Master's in Hydraulic Engineering along with an E.I.T. and now professionally licensed. Civil Engineers are still hurting to find jobs.

Do you have a link/citation for that number? Numbers I have seen are considerably different.

The unemployment rate among recent college graduates is the highest it has ever been. 2011 was slightly better than the two previous years, but it was still much, much worse than it has been historically. The unemployment rate for college graduates under the age of 25 was 8.6% last month. The 4 previous Februaries have been 9.0%, 8.7%, 9.0%, and 4.3%. Historically, recent college graduates have found jobs along the lines of '08 numbers, but there has been a complete paradigm shift in the last 5 years.