# What job are you likely to get with your major? A study reveals...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 22, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857 "2012-12-22T18:57:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857/21 "2012-12-23T23:40:57Z")

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“Math majors go into banking, teaching, healthcare, and tech”

I was a math major. I now work as a System Administrator in a large healthcare organization. So they’re spot-on as far as I’m concerned.

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**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857/22 "2012-12-24T00:43:52Z")

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I did not get the memo about Chemists going into Medicine/Health Care before I graduated. Thus, I mistakenly went into Government, which is meaningless.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857/23 "2012-12-24T17:00:11Z")

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I have an English Education degree. My current position is 90% technical (using web-based applications and video editing software), 10% editing.

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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857/24 "2012-12-24T17:37:09Z")

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The reason so many liberal arts majors feed into law is that there’s no such thing as a “pre-law” major. A few people will get a science degree and then go to law school, but most of us take the opportunity to get a degree that otherwise isn’t terribly lucrative!

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-likely-to-get-with-your-major-a-study-reveals/644857/25 "2012-12-24T17:54:40Z")

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That is a really pretty graph

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