Have you been considering what you’d like to major in as a college student?
Beyond your potential enjoyment of a given major, and the typical earnings associated with it, you should consider its overall difficulty. The truth is that some majors will require you to have fewer nonacademic commitments.
A new report by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) groups the most popular college majors in seven categories and ranks them based on the hours of out-of-class preparation they typically entail. From most to least, these are . . .
- Engineering
- Physical sciences
- Biological sciences
- Arts & humanities
- Education
- Social sciences
- Business
Read more about the workload associated with each one at Yahoo! Education.
You can learn more about these different fields on the IN Blog.
Although these are the hardest majors a lot of these majors offer the highest paid and most available jobs. Might be worth it?
Posted by: Olive | 01/29/2013 at 02:56 PM