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In reply to the discussion: LUV capitalism!!! Study shows hyper-sexualization of women by the media has increased 10 fold... [View all]Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)Sure, the demand for engineers is higher than the demand for Sociology Professors. But most people majoring in sociology (or any other social science or humanities field) aren't going to do academic research for a living. A degree in social sciences or humanities teaches you how to think critically and teaches you how to write and those are both skills you need in today's economy.
An engineering degree is wonderful if you want to be an engineer. But society only needs so many people to do engineering, and frankly my friends who had engineering degrees didn't find jobs any quicker than anybody else. China and India only benefit from having more engineers if they need more engineers. And considering that India and China have a far greater proportion of undeveloped and underdeveloped areas, they are certainly going to need more engineers to catch up with us in development.