The Many Values of an Education
One common myth is that students working a degree in Political Science or English, Philosophy or History are wasting their time, because they will not find a job and never earn nearly as much as those in the sciences or professional schools.

First, on strictly monetary terms this is an empirically accurate 'conventional wisdom.'

Second, measuring the value of education strictly based on salary is incomplete.  Success after graduation also depends on an individuals capacity to adapt to new and changing work force expectations and we know those who have mastered the communication and problem solving skills, those who have learned to appreciate multiple and competing perspectives, as we would learn in a liberal arts program, are best prepared for these ongoing mid-course adjustments.

Finally, without diminishing the value of a professional degree in any way, even Einstien and Wittgenstein and other great minds who had mastered the mathematics at the root of many non-liberal arts jobs frequently reminded us of the limitations of quantitative analysis alone. And it is important to recognize that there are millions of jobs that pay a living but modest wage but are of enormous importance to society (such as teachers and counselors and care givers).