英語專業：美國大學生最後悔選擇的專業教育頭條網

英語專業：美國大學生最後悔選擇的專業

最近剛剛高考完的表妹在選學校及專業。

表妹：我要選英語專業！覺得翻譯不錯哦~

作為過來人的我，苦口婆心地勸道：

你知道英語專業外號“PPT專業”嗎？

你知道英語專業即使在大學也要晨起早讀嗎？

你知道翻譯專業大四的時候別人都在玩耍實習你卻還在做口譯作業嗎？

……

然後我就上網蒐集資料，想用大數據來給她些參考（勸她放棄。。。）

（文章出處：https://moneyish.com/ish/this-is-the-most-regrettable-college-major-in-america/）

50%的美國英語專業學生後悔了

More than half (54.3%) of people who majored in English say they are not satisfied with that choice of major, according to a survey conducted by career training site Trade-Schools.net — making it the most regretted college major in America, at least in this survey. And many English majors say as much.

根據職業培訓網站Trade-Schools.net進行的一項調查顯示，超過一半（54.3％）的英語專業學生表示他們對自己選擇的專業並不滿意。這次調查結果使得英語專業成為美國大學專業中“最讓人後悔選擇的專業”。很多英語專業的學生都這麼說。

The English major is closely followed by a fine arts major (51.6%) and a political science major (38.2%) as the most regretted.

緊隨英語專業之後的是藝術專業（51.6％）和政治科學專業（38.2％）。

Meanwhile, accounting is the major people say they are most satisfied with (just 14.8% say they weren’t satisfied), followed by computer science (15%) and information technology (21.1%). And people who graduate with degrees in science, math or technology are the least likely to say they’d switch career fields entirely.

與此同時，大多數人認為會計專業是最讓人滿意的（僅有14.8％的人表示不滿意），其次是計算機科學（15％）和信息技術（21.1％）。擁有科學，數學或技術學位的畢業生基本不會改變他們的職業。

未來收入預期的影響

So what’s going on with those who regret their English major? Some of this may be the earnings that graduates face depending on their major. People with a bachelor’s in English earn a median of $53,000 a year and fine arts $49,000 a year, according to Georgetown’s Center of Education and the Workforce. And a study from policy organization The Hamilton Project shows that over a lifetime, English and fine arts majors earn less than $1 million.

那麼，那些對選了英語專業感到後悔的人是怎麼了？其中一些可能是因為其專業未來的收入情況。根據喬治敦教育與勞動力中心的數據，擁有英語學士學位的人每年的平均收入為53,000美元，擁有藝術學士學位者收入為每年49,000美元。一項來自政治組織漢密爾頓項目的研究表明，在一生中，英語和美術專業的收入不到100萬美元。

Meanwhile, an accounting B.A. can earn you a median of $69,000, a computer science degree $83,000 and an IT major $73,000. That adds up over a lifetime: The Hamilton Project shows that accounting majors will rake in nearly $1.5 million in lifetime earnings, and computer science majors top $1.5 million in lifetime earnings.

同時，會計學士的中等（年）收入是69,000美元，計算機科學是83,000美元，而IT學士是73,000美元。漢密爾頓項目顯示，以一生的收入來看：會計專業畢業生的收入將達到約150萬美元，計算機科學專業也是。

找工作的侷限性

The likelihood of getting a job may another factor. A 2015 report from Georgetown’s Center of Education and the Workforce found that college grads with experience and a major in the computers, science and math field had an unemployment rate of just 4.3%. Meanwhile, humanities and arts majors with experience saw unemployment at 5.8%.

找工作的可能性可能是另一個因素。喬治敦教育與勞動力中心2015年的一份報告發現，擁有工作經驗的計算機，科學和數學領域專業的畢業生失業率僅為4.3％。與此同時，有工作經驗的人文和藝術專業畢業生失業率為5.8％。

#最後#

聽完我大學四年課程學習的分（吐）享（嘈）後，

表妹還是堅持選擇英文相關的專業。

Anyway, 希望她可以堅持到底~

#還有#

如果後悔選擇了你的大學專業:

It’s not the end of the world.

You made the wrong decision about your major. You’re not the first person to do so, and you certainly won’t be the last.

Do what you do best: persevere.

Your major doesn’t define you. Your job doesn’t define you. You define you. And you know yourself best.

這不是世界末日。