What Can I Do With a Major In Urban Studies?
My Experience as an urban studies major
Many colleges ask you to choose a major as early as your senior year of high school, on your admissions application. Yet there’s a good chance you’ll change your mind. The Department of Education says that about 30 percent of students switch majors at least once.
I changed my mind several times about what I wanted to major in — economics, philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), mathematics, and psychology.
I ultimately settled on Urban Studies because I found it to be a fascinating interdisciplinary major that offered a wide range of intellectually stimulating classes.
One of the major concerns of students and parents is — what kind of job can I get with this major? This is a totally valid concern given the astronomical cost of many degrees and the impact that student loans will have for years to come.
While many dismiss liberal arts degrees as worthless — I not only received dozens of job offers — but based on the self reported salary data from my classmates at Penn, I had one of the highest starting salaries of anyone in my class.
While I am only one data point, I wanted to shed some light on a major that is often overlooked as impractical or too academic — Urban Studies.
