Students in a new Rutgers study indicate pay doesn't matter in selecting a major - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Inside Higher Ed

If college students knew how much money they’d make after graduation -- even if it's less than they thought -- would they still choose the same major? Probably, according to a new report. Michelle Van Noy, associate director of Rutgers University's Education and Employment Research Center, along with Alex Ruder, a nonresident visiting scholar at the university’s Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, surveyed more than 4,900 undergraduates, a range of students from freshmen to graduating seniors, at the institution's three campuses in New Brunswick, Camden and Newark, N.J. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/17/rutgers-study-pay-doesnt-affect-students-major-choice