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Ok, I have to ask.. what IS a major that would allow someone to support themselves decently these days?
Well…speaking from experience: I got a BA, then got a full-time
job answering phones. Eventually they promoted me, once I’d proven
myself, but I still make less than half what my friends who went to
law school are now making. Of course, they have loans to pay back
and they work until midnight most nights, while I have time to
pursue building a jewelry business and learning all the necessary
skills, since my lower-paying job doesn’t generally require more
than 40 hours of my time each week.
The only people I know who got good paying jobs right out of college
as a direct result of their major are engineers. Even then, these
are people who managed to get really good grades in enginnering,
which is not an easy thing to do. A few friends managed to do well
in business right away and have cushy non-engineering jobs without
going to grad school, but it had nothing to do with what they
majored in.
A few options for non-technical people:
tourism-related jobs, if you live in a tourist area entry level
office work, with hopes of moving up eventually
communications/sales/marketing editorial assitant, research
assistant, personal assistant, etc for someone working in a field
related to your major childcare, if you have good references and live
in an affluent area, with or without college degree teaching -
doesn’t pay that well, but you get summers off
These are things that have worked for people I know, who all
graduated within the past five years.