{"id":6048,"date":"2014-04-02T09:34:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2019-11-14T14:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T19:29:49","slug":"is-your-degree-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/6048","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Degree Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6049\" style=\"margin-left: 6px;margin-right: 6px\" alt=\"degree\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2014\/04\/degree-200x150.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\">By Lindsay Martin&#8211; It is a proven fact that people who receive a college degree earn more than those who do not. However, is the degree you\u2019ve chosen worth the money spent? A recent article from Salary.com shares the eight college degrees that have the worst return on investment.<\/p>\n<p>Communications is number one, which is extremely disappointing because my major is Mass Communications. The other majors included are: Psychology, Nutrition, Hospitality, Religious Studies, Education, Fine Arts, and Sociology.<\/p>\n<p>If you are majoring in one of the eight listed, you might want to consider whether or not it is worth the money. I am not encouraging you to switch your degree. However keep in mind earning a degree is expensive, so it is important to get the most out of your money.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Weis, an art education major at Morningside gave her input on the topic. \u201cI knew majoring in education came with certain financial circumstances. I love art and teaching and I am excited to share my passion with others, and that means more than a paycheck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Money is not everything, so choose something you are passionate about and love to do.&nbsp; Read more about the eight college degrees with the worst return on investment here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salary.com\/8-college-degrees-with-the-worst-return-on-investment\/\">http:\/\/www.salary.com\/8-college-degrees-with-the-worst-return-on-investment\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lindsay Martin&#8211; It is a proven fact that people who receive a college degree earn more than those who do not. However, is the degree you\u2019ve chosen worth the money spent? A recent article from Salary.com shares the eight college degrees that have the worst return on investment. Communications is number one, which is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46913],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10916,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048\/revisions\/10916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}