What is best degree to get right now
Best College Degree Tier List (College Majors Ranked)
what's happening guys it's Shane here so
another day and another tier list that's
right this time I'm going to be going
over the most popular college majors in
degrees and then ranking them on whether
they're a good investment or not now a
lot of my subscribers probably know me
from my video college majors that are
actually worth it or the most worthless
degrees where I talk about which majors
I think are outrageous and they're just
not worth it at all and which majors I
think are a very very good investment
some of them are worth the outrageous
fees that colleges are charging us these
days and then some of them are going to
lead to you not being able to get a job
and then working in a completely
different industry like you know the
coffee industry working as a Starbucks
barista now there's a ton of different
majors so I'm just gonna go over the
most popular ones and then I'm gonna
group some of them together so that this
video doesn't run for like 45 minutes so
I'm not gonna include majors like
smashing the like button for instance
because even though you should
definitely do that and that would be
awesome because it would help me with
the YouTube algorithm it's not something
that I should put on the video because
it would just take too long so let's get
started with number one which is
anything with the word studies in it yes
that is a rule that I'm setting right
now anything with the word studies in it
is automatically gonna go into ft R
there are little to no jobs for people
who graduate with these degrees and the
few jobs that are out there probably get
a hundred applicants every single day
and so you know your chances of actually
getting a job are very very low anything
with the word studies in it is gonna go
in ft R I'm sure there's probably
somebody in the comments who's gonna
find an exception to this rule but
generally this is a very good rule to
follow unless you want to go $40,000
into debt without being able to get a
job and then you just end up living
paycheck to paycheck barely getting by
next one on the list is going to be math
now math isn't the most popular subject
in the world you could probably be safe
saying that a lot of people actually
hate math but if you are blessed by the
gods and you're somehow one of those few
people who is just naturally very good
at it then this can be a pretty
lucrative degree for you although there
aren't that many jobs out there
have people just purely doing math a lot
of math majors end up switching their
career into something like computer
science where their ability to create
and solve algorithms actually ends up
helping them a lot and they actually
have a leg up on a lot of computer
science degrees because they understand
how algorithms work so a lot of them end
up switching careers and becoming you
know programmers or you know something
like that so for that reason I'm gonna
go ahead and put math in B tier now the
next one on the list is going to be
language studies and this includes a lot
of different ones but you know I give a
lot of grief to this because you could
literally just take that 40,000 plus
dollars that you're paying in tuition
and housing and and food and all that
and then you could just move to whatever
country's language that you're studying
the best way to learn a language is to
speak with people who know that language
and so let's say you're trying to learn
Spanish you could just move to Mexico
and then just talk with people who are
speaking Spanish all day long you've
learned it much faster this way and
while you're there you could actually
get a job as either a translator or an
English teacher or something along those
lines and then you can literally get
paid to learn that language now to be
fair there are some languages that are
more profitable more lucrative to learn
like Mandarin Chinese Arabic Russian
Dothraki and if you do get really good
at those languages you can make a good
living as a translator so for that
reason I'm gonna go ahead and put this
one in D tier because it's not
completely useless next on the list is
gonna be business degrees and this
encompasses a bunch of different degrees
but this actually has pretty good stats
in terms of job openings and how much
you can actually get paid so that's
pretty great but I don't think anybody
wants to work in a cubicle in an office
for the rest of their life unless it's
the right office
there's beats battlestar galactica bears
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now the next one on this list is
honestly kind of heartbreaking it's
extremely sad and that's going to be
education so even though this is
probably one of the most
degrees you could possibly get because
education is so important for the future
of our country for some reason the
United States of America has just gotten
into this situation where they don't
really value education especially in the
lower grades whereas you have a country
like South Korea for instance where
teachers are considered to be on the
same level as doctors and lawyers it's
actually extremely prestigious to be a
teacher and you get paid very very well
and that's probably one of the reasons
that South Korea is consistently s tier
when it comes to their scores against
the rest of the world in education so
even though teaching is one of the most
important jobs in the United States
their work to death and they're not paid
very well and so for that reason I
really don't recommend getting into this
career and I really really wish I could
say you should go get this degree but
it's just not true
you shouldn't this one is gonna go into
C tier okay so that's how it's gonna be
y'all want to play and honestly it might
be more of a B tier one but technically
you can get jobs if you get an
educational degree like there's plenty
of jobs out there they just don't pay
very well and you get worked to death
the next one on the list is going to be
engineering and this is gonna be a
little bit controversial but I'm gonna
go ahead and put engineering in a tier
instead of pest here and here's why
there's a bunch of different types of
engineering degrees out there
and not all of them are created equal so
if you go for one of the better ones
you're gonna be golden that's definitely
s tier engineering is awesome
it's the degree that actually creates
the most millionaires out of any degree
but some engineering majors are better
than others and for that reason I'm
gonna go ahead and put engineering in a
tier although it is a high a tier status
the next one on the list is going to be
anthropology slash archaeology and
honestly this one is fascinating but
getting an actual degree in it is not a
good idea for most people because there
are just simply no jobs you know if you
know somebody who is in the industry and
they you know they're gonna have an end
for you they're gonna have a job for you
then sure go for it but if you don't
there's just not that many jobs in this
field so I really don't have a joke or
anything for this one
just don't do it anthropology goes in D
tier next on the list is going to be
psychology and man oh man this is one of
the most popular majors I think its top
five most popular majors that people
take and if you just get a normal
psychology degree of four-year
bachelor's and you don't go for masters
or doctorate it is so tough to find a
job again fascinating subject
I'm not surprised so many people are
interested in this one but how the heck
are you gonna find a job there's so many
people that go into this thinking that
they can find a job and then they can't
like my psychology education is useless
and then they act so surprised I mean
what did you think was gonna happen if
you're passionate about this subject you
better be willing to go for a master's
or a doctorate or just don't do the
degree study it on the side make a
youtube channel about it create a blog
about it whatever you want to do but
don't get a degree that's not gonna lead
to you getting a job and this is a very
valuable job I think it has a lot of
value to society there's a lot of need
for people who are mental health
professionals and so for that reason I'm
gonna go ahead and put this one in C
tier the next one on the list is gonna
go straight into F tier and that is
gonna be drama
or really any of these type of fine arts
now listen if you're rich you know
you're a trust-fund baby you don't ever
have to worry about getting a job then
by all means go into fine arts get a
drama degree you can do whatever you
want with your life you're gonna be
totally fine now if you aren't in a
situation like that where you don't have
to worry about money and then you go for
a degree like this and you expect to
actually get a job or you expect
businesses to just be lined up outside
your door waiting for your application
then you're just completely delusional
Lilly Singh here's your diploma
we'd like to offer you a job as a
psychologist really no it takes like ten
years of experience left ear for sure
now the next one on the list is gonna be
any type of health related degree like
RN you know registered nurse or maybe
physician's assistant anything like that
and I know a lot about this subject
because I am in the health field and
getting into the health field is
especially good if you're an empathetic
person and you care about helping others
now like I said not all of these are
equal you definitely need to do your
research if you're thinking about
getting a health degree but these are
pretty much future proof and the reason
for that is because unfortunately human
beings are always going to have health
problems they're always going to get
sick and because of that there will
always be a need for people to take care
of them for people to treat them or cure
them and there's always gonna be jobs
anywhere that you want to be so if you
want to live in Texas there's gonna be
jobs in Texas if you want to live in New
York there's gonna be jobs in New York
certain places are gonna be a little bit
more saturated than others you might not
be able to get a job there right off the
bat but after you've got a few years
under your belt you can pretty much get
a job anywhere and that's not
necessarily true for a lot of the other
degrees now health is really tough and
you're gonna get worked super hard
you're gonna see people at their
absolute worst so people that are
generally super nice amazing people
might go off on you and just get really
you know mad at you and so you got to
have thick skin but the compensation is
pretty good in health careers especially
if you go for something like piei or
nurse practitioner and so for that
reason health is gonna go in st ER next
up on the list is going to be
information technology or ite and this
career and degree is amazing because
you're basically the middleman between
the business side of things and the
technology side of things and these are
two of the most profitable industries
that you could possibly get into so
being an expert on these two things
gives you a huge advantage now all the
statistics are really good with IT you
know future growth potential job
openings right now job satisfaction
score how much they make all the normal
statistics that you look at are really
good but it's also a great segue into
becoming an entrepreneur if you decide
to go that way when you're in this
position you have a unique opportunity
to understand the needs of businesses
right now you know you could notice that
maybe this sort of technology for you
know these types of clinics or
pharmacies or hospitals or whatever is
lacking and then you could just be like
okay I'm gonna create a software that
makes this particular process so much
easier for them and it saves them a ton
of time and then you can just start your
own business and go off on your own you
can also work remotely with some IT jobs
that specialize in software and you know
with a health career for instance it's
pretty tough to work remotely so that's
another advantage this is just a
win-win-win on all levels and I think
it's one of the best career choices and
if you're smart about the industry that
you go into if you go into a booming
industry and there's just gonna be so
many opportunities for you you can make
an absolute killing doing IT so for that
reason I'm gonna go ahead and put IT in
S tier status economics is next on the
list and this is another really good
major to get into
I almost Group this one in with business
but I decided to you know keep it
separate and it is a little bit
difficult to find a job with an
economics degree but once you do and
once you get some experience you're set
you get paid really well at your job and
you'll be invaluable to whoever you work
for and on top of that economics can
lead into you starting your own business
because you have such a good
understanding about which industries are
great opportunities how business works
in general and so you'll definitely have
a leg up on the competition
economics is definitely a tier now next
on the list is going to be chemistry and
biology you want to maybe become a
doctor or a PA or something like that
it's really good to get into this in
order to segue into all the knowledge
you're gonna have to know anyways if you
decide to go into a health related
career for instance but this one is
surprisingly difficult especially the
biology side to find a job just with a
or your degree so for that reason I'm
gonna go ahead and put them in beat ear
although I would say chemistry is
probably high beat ear and biology is
more on the low beat ear side in fact
I'd almost say chemistry is a tear it's
really borderline but I'm just gonna go
ahead and put it in beat ear
next on the list is probably gonna be
one of my favorite subjects in the world
and that is history you know this is one
of my biggest passions I love listening
to Dan Carlin's hardcore history podcast
and reading you know James Michener and
Leon URIs all kinds of different books
about history with that being said I'm
extremely grateful that
seventeen-year-old Shane decided to not
pursue history and go for a degree
that's a little bit more practical and
ironically I probably have more free
time now to study history and spend as
much time you know reading about history
as I want then if I actually got a
history degree because I'd probably have
to work to borderline minimum-wage jobs
just to get by now in terms of stats
there honestly aren't that many jobs out
there but the ones that are out there do
actually pay decently well so I'll go
ahead and put history in C tier status
but I might be a little bit biased
honestly it might be more of a D tier
but whatever next on the list is going
to be communications and this is one of
those degrees that I kind of mentioned
this before it's so broad that it almost
becomes worthless because you're not
really an expert at any one thing and
it's almost hard to define what you even
do with a communications degree now this
is commonly known as the athletes major
because colleges don't want their
athletes to fail out of classes and so
they send them into communications
classes because they're kind of known
for being really really easy it's also
known as the what the hell am I doing
with my life degree so this one is gonna
go into DT R for sure
borderline ft R and the reason for that
is because there are so many people that
get communications degrees it's another
one of those that I believe is a top
five most popular degree and you simply
just cannot get a job or it's very
difficult to find a job related to
communications once you graduate next on
the list is theology and you can
probably guess where this one
is going another degree that's
incredibly interesting but it doesn't
have any practical value in the real
world no one is willing to actually pay
you in the real world for your skills as
a sociologist it's just too theoretical
at least for now no jobs low pay no
demand future growth does not look good
and tons and tons of competition this
one is definitely going to go in F tier
the next one on the list is last but
definitely not least and that is going
to be computer science now computer
science degree is going to be incredibly
valuable in the next 40 years we are
entering into the age of automation
right now and you can either be the
person who loses your job or you can be
the person who programs the software or
the machine that makes people lose their
job because there's going to be a lot of
industries that are going to be
disrupted by automation and if you go
into this field you'll pretty much gonna
be guaranteed a job as long as AI
doesn't take over and destroy all of us
this one might actually be the best one
on the list pretty close with the IT one
it's it's it's up there I would say this
is probably the best one on the list
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