Study What You Love and Open Career Doors
God has "set eternity in the human heart" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). We are primed to ask big questions—questions about God, the meaning of life, morality, and politics. The questions about what really matters. But some people might tell you majoring in Philosophy is a dead end. The facts, however, tell a different story. Philosophy majors:
- Outperform all other majors on the GRE (graduate school admissions test)
- Excel on the LSAT (admissions test for law school)
- Earn some of the highest scores on the GMAT (MBA programs admissions test)
- Represent a significant percentage of individuals accepted into medical school
It turns out that the things that Philosophy teaches—rigorous thinking, discussing and writing intelligently about challenging arguments, evaluating divergent takes on difficult issues, understanding different perspectives—give a strong foundation for the next career steps. So it’s not surprising that when the Wall Street Journal broke down median mid-career earnings by undergraduate major, Philosophy outperformed almost all other majors.
Keep asking the questions that really matter, because if you major in Philosophy, you stand a strong chance of also opening an attractive career path.