Many people consider college because it can open doors after graduation and help them earn more money. But many students, on average, hold about $39,075 in debt from federal loans just to attend classes.
Earning a bachelor’s degree can significantly increase your earning potential throughout your career, but certain degrees can make it much more difficult to crush your debt after graduating.
According to these recent numbers crunched by the Education Data Initiative, students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the following 15 majors have the most student debt.
1. Communications/journalism
Communications, journalism, and related degrees round out the list of degree programs that produce graduates with the most student debt. Students pursuing these degrees should know that the average debt is fairly high, at $25,925.
Despite the debt, graduates can pursue many career paths beyond traditional journalism, such as copywriting, social media management, public relations, human resources, and more.
2. Health professions/related clinical sciences
Those with degrees related to health professions/clinical sciences can pursue a wide range of careers, such as health care administration, health or science writing, clinical research, education, and others.
These degrees can saddle their students with serious debt with the Education Data Initiative putting the average at $25,952.
3. Visual/performing arts
Arts degrees can be very pricey, and due to extremely high demand, there is always the chance that the risk won’t be worth the reward, financially speaking.
On the other hand, people who major in visual and performing arts have a huge variety of career paths open to them. Yet these students run the risk of being saddled with serious debt, $26,468 on average.
