I would be lying if I didn't say I was expediting my degree just for the accomplishment of it. I have a promotion board coming up in Feb, and having a degree will put me over the top of the heap for sure.
As far as government jobs, the government REALLY doesn't care what your degree is in, as long as you have one. Points-wise, they only count an AS as a second high school diploma (no points). I met a supervisor in the DHS in the weapons detection development dept, and found out his degree was in archeology!
The biggest part of this is pride. I don't know of only a handful of enlisted guys on my base that have a degree. I spend some of my time during the day doing professional development with the lower enlisted, and have found it a little hard to stress education benefits when you don't have the coveted paper in hand.
Now it will be different story.
IMHO: Don't stress too much on the major, just get what you can. You can always transfer your credits if you find a better deal, or want to go a different direction.
-HB

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Working On:
NOTHING!!!!
Finished: Graduated BSL 15 Feb 08, Waiting on the USPS to deliver the cert.

Passed:
All Clep Generals (Except Math)
ECE Composition,Clep Intro to Soc,DSST Human Cult Geography,World Conflict,HRM,World Pop,Ethics,ECE Research Methods in Psych,Abnormal Psych,
DSST Technical Writing, Intro World Religions,
MIS,Drugs and Alcohol, R+F USSR,Intro to Computers,Civil War,Criminal Justice,B. Math
Environment+Humanity,Info Systems+Comp Apps, CLEP- US History 1+2,Ana. Lit, DSST- Intro to Buisness