Most underemployed majors according to the U.S. Census American Community Survey

[sanantone]

It's very obvious now.

If you want to get a job, get one of these degrees:

1. Computer Science, Data Science
2. Information Systems / IT / Information Science
3. Engineering
4. Medical
5. Business Administration (top universities only)
6. Law (top universities only)

Other majors will suffer greatly unless they're lucky.
It could be that other majors were created to torture your life and steal your money.

95% of people should go to college to get these "employable" degrees.
95% of people shouldn't go to college to get other degrees that make them unemployable.

Most people don't want to do these majors, or these jobs.  I have zero interest or aptitude in CompSci, DataSci, IS/IT, Engineering, Medical or Law.  I also have no interest in getting a master's degree if it's required for my job (I MAY want to get one in the future, but because I want one or think it will benefit me in some way).

I also never had an interest in going to a "top university" - I hated going to college.  If I was at a top university with a bunch of rich privileged people, I'd have loathed it even more.

But, even if you get one of the less "useful" degrees, you still have a better job outlook than someone without a bachelor's degree.  The average college-educated bachelor's degree holder earns 1.75x more than the average non-college-educated person over a lifetime.

Overall average is different from a specific group's average. The average income for someone who has a bachelor's degree is significantly higher than the average income for a licensed counselor with a master's degree, for example. It's important for future college students to look at the ROI for their major. For some people, pursuing their passion is more important than money. If money is important to them, they could earn more as a dental hygienist with an associate's degree than as a counselor with a master's degree.