Gen Z graduates are tossing their tassels with six-figure salaries in their eyes. But some won’t be making $50,000—even if they chased college degrees hailed as AI-proof.
While some college majors like liberal arts and performing arts are resulting in rock-bottom salaries, other stable career pathways are handing out the same dismal pay.
Other Gen Z college graduates are feeling the pinch, earning less than the average American; theology and religion majors made $41,600, social services took home $43,000, performing arts earned just $44,000, and liberal arts received just $45,000 in the years after graduating college.
“If you just ask them to solve biology or chemistry questions, they’re not particularly good at it,” Ricks explained on the Plain English podcast this year. “They’re trained on the human language, not on the language of chemistry, physics, and biology.”
