Do a tier list on engineering master degrees

It's worth it

How much do you think a graduate with a bachelors should make?

@@Faerieshimmer depends on field

Physics is also included in biological and physical sciences right? Just want to confirm because I feel like he is focusing too much on biology more.

haha

It's a heavily demanded market

I got my PhD in Basket weaving and it's really opened a lot of doors for me.

Most regretted degree is Outer space coal canoeing

This joke is so worn out lol.

Haha hey guys! Thanks for backing me up

Then there's me at 23 reinforcing the thought that I should've picked software development fml

Me I’m in the middle

Then there is me who is out of school, doesn't know what to do and can't get the prerequisites for most of the majors that Shane recommends...

Then there's me who's questioning my plan cuz Idk if I really want to do a lot of math. Calc 2 at my college is WAY too easy so I don't try and I'm getting a C (I'm a freshman). So now I gotta find a major to go with bio that I won't die. Bio is notoriously difficult at my school

True Robert

@Stuffzz lol thank you. I think a way to reform education at least is to require all teachers to have a masters degree or higher. The higher standards we have for our teachers, the better quality we will have for teachers.

@K C the idea I envision is that it becomes a respected profession, and a master’s degree may help with that

@K C well no actually. If teachers were in demand they wouldn’t be getting such low salaries. This is basic supply and demand. Sure, we’ll always need more good teachers, but as long as schools can find someone willing to take 30k for an overtime teaching job they won’t pay more.

@K C when people say demand it is usually in relation to supply. If demand is high but supply is even higher, that doesn’t count-the world does not desperately need more teachers and thus they are treated poorly. Nurses on the other hand, demand exceeds supply by a large margin. That’s why they are compensated much better than teachers, and the field is projected to grow quickly.

Thanks man! Maybe one day

@@ShaneHummus actually, lots of schools are doing virtual assemblies where they show a video of a speaker. You should definitely make one.

As much as how awesome that would be, I doubt it would happen. College is a business and if peoppe like him spoke to high schools, nobody would enroll there. Similar reason to why they don't teach personal finance, banks make money keeping people poor.

Yikes idk if college want someone tell students not to apply to some of their majors so on and so on

Come on put your email down in the description for "business inquiries " aka speaking

Same thoughts 😂

They are basically the same girls you see on Instagram with "BLM 💅💅 and He/She 🌈🦄" in their bio 😂😂😂

They don’t decide their major before they go in, colleges recruiters them to take general education classes about diversity and gender studies and they do that while they’re deciding their major and become radicalized by the first class and change majors to gender studies I would imagine.

I wonder how many material there is for gender studies. I get that there’s a lot to talk about when we talk about how it was created and how people have different opinions on it but.. that’s a whole degree. How many classes could they possibly have talking about gender?

Naughty Ninja Which I'm sure you disagree with

Thanks for sharing your insights

I thought psychology peeps go for hrd jobs

What kind of professors do you have to not emphasize on two major points: one you wont be a psychologist after getting a BA/BS and two there are a lot of flexible job opportunities such as Research assistant, RBT, mental health technician, camp counselor, case worker, sales rep, etc. It's important to tell high schoolers and undergrads that they wont be PRACTICING psychology with just a BA/BS but that there are still plenty of job opportunities instead of discouraging them to enter the field because "they won't be able to find a job".

I can't agree more, i think people should take time to explore in their first year in college and figure out what they want to do. If you want to get a high paying job right after college, then of course you should get a "practical degree". For me, I always knew I'm going to grad school and be in academia, so I majored in neuroscience in undergrad and now am in a phd program and i don't regret it at all. So i think it's important to think about what career you want to pursue and really do the research, not just choose a major because it sounds cool.

Thanks for the advice, I want to be a mental health therapist which requires a master's. I plan on interning at hospitals and mental health clinics, do you have any advice when it comes to this?

What do you do?

Best of luck Ed!

Do you have your CPA? Or are planning to?

BSA student here. It's nice that y'all who graduated don't regret the decision. Makes me a little motivated burning my eyes reading the thousands of pages of Accounting Standards, Law, and all the impractical routines with it.

I'm also a BSA student. It's nice to know that the degree is secured. Also I can answer your second question. It's because we just want Shane to roast weird degrees

You’re lucky you’re doing research at 15, you’re gonna figure it out soon. Don’t stress it

You got this!

@@eman6651 thanks so much man

@@ShaneHummus Thank you!!

I'm 22 becoming 23 I'm still lost. I just graduated associate 2year degree because my parents have no money and say that I should work early to help them. Now I realized real world is so hard and competitive this diploma is trash. Now that I got saved from my small business. I'm planning to go back to school in bachelor degree comsci. I wish this is worth it.

Thanks Ford

Thanks Chevrolet

You're welcome Toyota

Thx Toyota

Thanks Audi

It's the actual situation now and in this community, I teach people to be practical

Your pfp is the most creative symbol of red/black unity ive seen so far

@@powerplayer75 thanks Broski!

I know man, like I want to be an engineer and not a specific engineer, I want to do mechanical engineering bcoz it is the core of engineering and if I master that then I can transfer it to other fields such as Aerospace engineering Biotechnology Electrical engineering Nanotechnology Holograms like I want to create multiple companies and I want to do as much as innovation as possible, I like your thinking man 👍🏻

If you want to expand your mind, pay your way through. Not worth the debt. So many free online courses today.

Thanks for sharing that. Our viewers would appreciate that too

Yeah, I have a job where I needed a Bachelors in Psychology. If I want higher pay, and if I want to do what I want to do, I need a masters degree haha. I think it’s sort of sad. It almost seems like a business that it’s set up this way

right

I was just about to add this too! I'm about to graduate with my Bachelor's in Psychology, and there's absolutely no way I would every lobby for anyone to avoid considering grad school. I'm currently seeking approval to begin work as a mentor to help students look at the options for grad school they have, because many people get out of school with a Psyc degree and struggle in the field. Like you said, most jobs require some form of graduate degree in our field.

@@connorbooth7207 or it could mean that the requirements of your job require more specialization and training, which requires a higher degree. it's almost like we live in a world with ever shifting demands, needs, expectations, and higher standards.

@@thebeatles9 I don’t know. I personally think they could teach and give you the experience you need within that 4 years to get that position you want (granted, if you know from the beginning what you want to go into)

Noted Latrell

Thank you!!!

So true, I learned more French by myself through online resources than a semester in college.

Horrible advice for language learning, but you got a point. Do it your self for FREE

They tend to learn more technical words, And are specialized teachers, We need them in my country to get a certificate that assures our capacity to communicate in a highly specified environment in a different language.

Hey, I know it's hard and as someone who struggled with motivation and depression I can kinda see where you're coming from even I don't fully realize the extent. Do what you love doing and you'll go far, some of these videos are informative but they paint a super grim picture for no good reason. If you enjoy doing something, you'll outlast everyone that regrets their choice in the business. Kudos to you for coming this far and good luck!

@@ShaneHummus This response comes off a little weird lol I think OP is valid to feel sad about how his skills are viewed in society

As someone that has mild dyslexia, severe ADHD, and a biology degree, I'd say, never limit yourself. You may look around and wonder why no one is struggling like you and still getting better grades, but forget them. College is about challenging yourself and trying your absolute hardest to overcome challenges. I may not have finished placed where I wanted, but dammit, I gave it my all and came out successful. And you can do it too

People also underestimate how important networking is. I didn't know how to and regret that much more than my degree. A lot of people with "useless", generalist degrees can sneak in just fine if they know the right people. If you can learn how, it will really help you.

I felt the exact same way. I ended up getting a psychology degree and am now doing my masters in social work. I ended up having to do grad school, already knew I’d have to unfortunately. I remember looking through degrees though and all of the interesting ones that fit my skills and personality being the low paying ones. I think business/marketing, economics, or Human Resources are possible routes that aren’t STEM but could get good jobs with just a bachelors.

Cheers!

Same here

why do you regret it? 😯

God, I wish I went into theater because I hate my life in comp sci

@@eeedona.3747 I guess my regret is specific to my uni, but I had an almost perfect mark in the course and then failed the midterm HARD (and none of my friends passed either) and then I kinda gave up for the rest of the semester lol. Other than, it is a good program to get into if you’re interested in it

It's so hard thoughhhhhhhhhhh

@@forthdimension686 really?

Agreed

It was the most regretted major in my school because you couldn't fall below a B in two major classes and you couldn't transfer in. So most people started nursing, ended up graduating with public health degrees. My friend who was a straight A student with a doctor for a Dad, got 2 B- s and had to take an extra year.

Nursing from my experience is a hard program to get into but if you can get in and graduate with a decent GPA, it’s really worth it.

Exactly Anna

Great point Anna! I'm a business management major with a minor in political science.

That’s exactly what I did!

I’m majoring in business administration and minoring in French. Hoping to be an interpreter after college 😊

I’m an accounting major and minoring in French

Wow.. that means a lot.. Thanks

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Join a writers group & network with authors. No degree required.

Don't need a degree to be writer lol

You havent even graduated yet 🤣reply in a few years

I mean but did you really need to get into 50k debt to be writer lol (no hate just questions)

U did it to be a doctor right?… me too lol 😆 now I’m going to nursing school sigh

@@savannahhalm Most people go into it trying to get into medical school but fall short and then they're like "well shit" 😅, my friend also couldn't get into medical school with her biology degree I wonder how she is doing now. She graduated last year december

i would rather go for agricultural or bioengineering than biology tbh

@@bdasaw I’m in an accelerated BSN and 75% of the students have bio degrees 😭😭😭🤣🤣 we got played

Then go back to college then!

As a comp Sci who hated the experience even as I was studying, the only reasons I didn’t go for a better choice was because of my dad’s endless crying and my own lack of idea what I want to do because he’d cry whenever I thought of other routes. It’s not a great place and the best people in my university I’ve met are always those who knew the material before they got the insult the school called an education.

@@YTPrule :( sorry to hear that! Parental pressure sucks when it comes down to education. I hope things are doing better now!

@@shellybelly1071 No need to feel bad but just my two cents. If I had to take a new grad or someone who's got no degree but been in the field for years and knows what to do, I'd take the latter. The best guys I met were people who knew what to do before the course I met them.

@@YTPrule tbh its kinda sad when this is the case- I can totally relate as my parents are also pushing me into a career that I don't want. I suppose doing things that you enjoy on the side is the best way to go forwards. But I'll definitely note that down- I think studying comp-sci in college is not always the best route for a majority of people. Thank you for sharing your experience too!

@@YTPrule Same only picked it cause it seemed reasonable and I had no idea what else to do. I have to tell you staring at a screen only to go over and look up Stackoverflow makes me want to gut myself sometimes.

Thanks!

Yes-definitely

Wow nice job on getting accepted

is a bachelors in business data analytics worth it ( the program has machine learning business finance and a programming course aswell )or is something general like Econ or Computers Statistics better ? I wanna do a masters afterwards most probably in Computer science or IT

Maybe this could help ► My College Major Rankings + Investment Portfolio: www.patreon.com/ShaneHummus

I'll shed some in to that in the future Rob

Yes agree with you. My background was Business majored in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. I depended on Marketing to find jobs after my graduation. The only time a person asked about entrepreneurship focus was a boss of a new start up. That's all. And he didnt take it as a course but he's a boss. If this entrepreneurship is just a short class for interest for people to learn about business law etc and to guide them for resources to open business. it would be fine but it should not be a bachelor itself. now I'm focusing on IT instead and other skillsets for the workplace.

Haha right Marvell

@@ShaneHummus Just remember that Risk management video. I need to know if getting a Master's at Rotman will be worth it, plus it doesn't seem to be that well know so a lot more people will be aware of it after watching you video.

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Lol 😂

Don’t you mean “their”?

@@lisahoang3880 yep thank you for the correction

@@jaydenlobo940 It's a joke because "their", gender neutral, gender studies

Dang!

This made me fucking lol😂😭

What career do you want to pursue?

You're not too deep in yet. Go get your bachelor's in Computer Science!

@@cerealis_5432 I want to be a history teacher. But after everything I’ve seen I’m thinking about doing something else that doesn’t require college.

Awesome point. I know someone who regretted their physics major immediately after graduating(despite getting an engineering job) and later learned to appreciate it because after obtaining the job experience along with it they were able to land a high paying job.

say someone wants to go into advertising and filmmaking, won't the degree be beneficial for them?

@@Apoorv1504 I think they should go with a multimedia degree if that’s the case. I now work in accounting, so communications is a broad degree, but not towards the arts in my opinion.

@@Apoorv1504 advertising Id get bachelor in business admin and minor in mass communications. Filmmaker - film degree minor in fine arts (:

@@amsr6187 hmm. Alright. Thanks for the advice!!

@@Apoorv1504 my pleasure! Happy studying!!

Thanks for watching Jeffrey and for leaving an insightful comment. Cheers!

Thanks for watching Matthew. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this

Thanks for sharing that Will

Hi im planning on to major in Humanities so i was wondering that does the courses/programs are too heavy? Because im afraid that i wouldn’t be able to balance between my studies and voluntary works. How did you manage to do both?

@@jolieduong6748 just supplement some business or technical courses.

Noted Sasha

That would be interesting

That's true for success in all humanities! Unless you're passionate and devoted to all aspects of the major, you likely won't succeed within that field. Most people don't care about the intricacies of their given subjects, just the superficial intro level stuff. Thing is, only some Stem/business majors can get away with being apathetically interested in their degree. Most companies don't care if you hate your self/field of interest, it's simply, "Do you have a CS/Account/etc. degree? Cool, get behind that computer and make us money. here's 60-80k" Your passion is irrelevant. My gf and I majored in psych and history respectively for undergrad and have both good positions doing what we love, make decent money (though of course not as much as a good corporate job), and have clear paths ahead to progress. But we were both exceptional. We both wanted to get jobs in our fields since we were children and tailored our lives and goals around doing so. Most people just "Wanna learn how peoples mind works. So I majored psych" or "WWII movies are kinda neat so history sounded cool I guess" and are surprised when jobs don't fall in their laps after grad because they're being taken by people with actual passion. My former colleague whos a fellow medievalist got a top tier PhD position predominantly because of his familiarity with Latin and ability to do translations. Thing is, he was a MA when I was a BA and we were doing the same, end-level Latin courses. You can literally make yourself stand out before you even graduate. If you really want to succeed, you will!

@@mergenocide passion? Yes. But you can’t deny that it’s about luck too or who you know.

Carry on and get that degree! You might not use it immediately but its a very good career for the future and in 5-10 years you might change and try a job in that area and might actually like it. Having said that I wouldn't take advice from me since I don't even know what I want to do in life

Agreed

I know people that hated their computer science degree but ended up enjoying software engineering. Maybe you can get a swe job and see if coding grows on you. Software engineering is nothing like computer science!

@@vulpeszerda349 well I didn’t actually get a CS degree (i did math/physics), but from what i know about the CS curriculum it is very theoretical. Most of the topics you study in a CS degree you will never use unless you go into academia or if your job is as a specialist in some area (like distributed systems). Software engineering really only requires basic programming skills. For example, if you become a frontend dev (which it seems you may be interested in), you will really only need to know HTML, CSS, Javascript, and some frameworks. You will never use anything you learned in your data structure, algorithms, etc courses.

@@vulpeszerda349 This entirely depends on how willing you are to stop making excuses. You want something easy and hope you "luck" into a general job? Pick an easy degree and deal with the consequences. You want to grit down and see how hard you can push yourself? STEM is here for you. Computer Science will make it worth it. I was in the same boat. I suck at Math, didn't want to hurt my GPA, and didn't want to risk failing out; especially as a first generation college student. But I decided I rather risk it all than live never being that well financed fat cat guy I always dreamed of. It honestly depends on you. How bad do you want it?

Thanks for your input Garrett

Also when you said Economics my heart stopped for a sec I thought it was good and then you confirmed it actually is good so I’m okay again

Agreed!

@@kaitlyng7850 what can u purse in economics....because I wanna do digital marketing or a type of business

@@kaitlyng7850 what strengths do u need for economics

@@sebskills9181 same. Are you still in high school?

Happy to help!

I am 21 and still confused on what to do for school, dont feel pressured about setting your sights on anything, your choices are almost endless

Hey Trish! It's actually every Monday Wednesday Friday.. haha See you

@@ShaneHummus gah!! Im so sorry. I just woke up and simultaneously typing while watching your vid!

Nice!

Thanks for a fair feedback

Agreed - sure, I could read books and learn the content that my lecturers teach me myself. But i wouldn’t have the experience of discussing my ideas with world class academics, writing essays and having them critiqued, living and connecting with other like minded individuals as well as individuals from all sorts of different backgrounds. the university experience goes beyond the simple acquisition of knowledge

@@user-tx5vr2lu6e agreed

You are correct. Higher education and academia have "evolved" (devolved??) in some places over time. They used to be known as meccas of real study and innovation in sciences of all kinds with strong faculties closely tied to their industries decades ago. When it started becoming apparent that higher education could be leveraged for employment purposes, the narrative shifted towards the capitalization of academia and a carbon copy style of education that a lot of young graduates hated so much. Now, everyone realizes that direct specialization and experience is important or you won't get hired. Vocational opportunities abound too, but some of these are also outright diluted and opportunistic at worst. College/Uni is at a weird crossroads where they use to signify the edge of science and discourse but are now factories responsible for producing skilled workers. Because of that, there are many poor professional paths mixed in with decent ones which is not an ideal for helping people economically.

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Good luck 💪

Thanks for sharing that Enrique. I wish you good luck in your chosen path

Did you graduate

@@Avokeing Hi there! Yes, I did, but I realized HR wasn’t for me and now I’m working in Digital Marketing.

Thanks for leaving a comment Coop Pugh

What job did you get?

@@weizhang2480 I work as a technical resource for server sales

Thanks for watching

Maybe they like organic chemistry....maybe 😅

I'll major in Biochemestry lol

Omg PREACHHH! So happy I dropped out🤣🤣🤣

@@CarlosRamirez-to9is is that possible?

Thanks for watching

I appreciate that!

Thanks for sharing that. Best of luck!

Plan it out to make it work

Noted.. Maybe in the future

Good luck in everything 😁

Have you figured something else out?

Music major...best time ever! Forty years in the field of education, always had a job in my chosen field: elementary music. Loved it!

Best of luck Christian

You can do really well if you're hired privately or are willing to work internationally, but working in most schools.. 😬

I have that degree too (English for Russian speakers), I worked a translator in Russian speaking companies. It was a rewarding career, good money (way more than teachers earn). However, having worked for 6 years as a translator, I decided to turn my career in a comletely different direction - Mining Engineering technology. I have worked as a Mine Planner for 5 years and I absolutely love it! On one hand I regret I spent 4 years and paid so much money just to be able to speak and translate English, but on the other hand, if it was not for my translation job in Mining Companies, I would have never realized I wanted to be a Mining Engineer. Anyways, after finishing school the "Education in Teaching Foreign Languages" program was the only one on my mind as I thought that was the only thing I was capable of. I was dumb in STEM subject. But it truned out, if you really wish something and put more effort in to that than usual, many things are possible.

Agree, I got hired from a private company and I'm being paid way better than working for schools

and sadly, you only need to be Blonde to get a job in Asia.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Henry

Thank you, I will

Dr Z! Big thanks

I hope it makes it rain for you

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You have to come up with a good plan

Haha I'm going for a BA then masters in English, so much regrets.

@@luckey1126 damn I'm doing a B.A in English too with a minor in german but I'm going to a community college so I don't have to worry about loans

Im stuck! What about getting a bachelors in education and then going to China, korea or Japan to teach because their systems are great and they're well respected and get a great pay also the demand is higher than ever so...I really wanna do that especially since my country is shitty and I want better opportunities and basically wanna leave...so will I regret it? Opinion...?

I think a bachelor's in MIS would work out fine

It's a resume thing. MIS jobs are very important so employers scrutinized potential employees much more than others. If you can intern and have a solid resume coming out of college, you'll be set, but if not, you might end up having to interview with a ton of places to find a job. But after you get that first job, it's a great career.

No problem!

Glad you liked it!

Haha ironic right? I can't control the ads

Glad it was helpful!

Agreed

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Thank You

@@ShaneHummus yes sir, and I hope many people would watch this video to reflect on those hard decisions.

Exactly! Need to keep up

Thanks Chari

More to come!

Glad you think so!

Right Alex

Is biology too specific or it's not as practical for the industry? Like is it more for research and lab purposes?

@@miaomiao07 I think it's too general on certain topics that require more training in my opinion. But at the same time you learn skills to to be a lab tech

@@miaomiao07 there are jobs as lab technicians for hard sciences majors but they are pretty boring and pay maybe 30k a year. Physics majors fare a little bit better than biology and chemistry just because they do so much math and so investment banks are willing to hire them because if they can pass a physics major they know they can pick up quickly on the math involved in investment banking which is actually pretty basic.

What about Neuroscience? It’s still a biological science but has good opportunities.

Hey! thanks for watching. Never too late for a plan B 😁

I hope everything turns out well 😁

Yes yes and yes 😁

i highly regret choosing that...

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Happy to help!

Me here correct my vision board all over and thinking like businessman which road ? I don't know but I am working on it. Thank you since l found your channel l found different world.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Joseph

@@ShaneHummus Thank you for reading my comments. Reason I say my school is because even if the major is useful, its useless if the professors aren't good. And in my case, pretty much all my professors this semester at SDSU have been awful.

@@joeyGalileoHotto hey Joseph, how’s their business department? Is it competitive or subpar?

@@f.l2142 I can't answer that because I am in Engineering right now and haven't taken a Business course, but in the media, SDSU is ranked very high in Business, especially International Business. However, many of my lower division courses there have been subpar, and got a better education at the local community colleges. Some of them are good, but a large amount of them are more into research than teaching.

@@f.l2142 they are a target school for public accounting

Thanks for sharing that Aimi

Agreed! You got this Kayla!

@@domoniqueriddick3818 To be honest, I don’t think it really matters whether someone else has been “successful” or not because success can look differently to everyone. I only received my diploma last summer so it’s only been a year but I managed to move to France for a year which is something I’ve been wanting for years. Granted, it was a low paying teaching assistant job but I got to experience so many amazing things here that I wouldn’t have been able to experience if I didn’t major in French so the low pay honestly didn’t bother me much especially since I knew it was only a one year thing. I’m back tracking for a bit, I’m going to go back to the States for a year and save up money to do a masters in France, I’m thinking of moving into the psychology field, which while it’s not directly related to having a French degree, I will be living in studying in France which makes it handy. I plan to live in France long-term, even after my masters so for me I feel like having that degree is helpful, but maybe not for everyone! I think the important thing is to ask yourself if you really want to major in French. Does it make you happy? Do you enjoy it? What sort of opportunities could you envision yourself having with this degree versus another degree? Your opinion is the most important one to consider since it is your future and your life. Maybe to some I haven’t been successful so far since I’m currently poorer than I was in high school, but I have made so many great friends from so many different countries and I’ve had so many amazing experiences that I wouldn’t trade for the world, so in my book I’d say that I’ve been pretty damn successful (:

We need a vid like this every year to roast old college students 🤣

Thank you for all your hard work! Teachers are so important.

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