Liberal Arts degrees

[ryoder]

Define worthless.
If you mean that with zero experience and just a college degree on your resume, can you get a good paying professional job?
I think the answer is probably no with a liberal arts degree.

Think about it like this. Look at monster.com for jobs in your area in a field you have an interest. Make sure that the jobs are plentiful. If there is 1 job posting for your interest then move to another city or pick another interest.

Now say you found a job category that interests you, pays enough and that has enough coverage in your town. What are the minimum requirements for that job. I have never ever seen "Requires Liberal Arts Degree or similar"
However, I have seen "Requires Computer Science, Information Technology or similar plus 4 years of experience"

Knowledge is never ever worthless and I have been employed for many years with no degree and I do very well. I do have a skill in computer programming and project management however. That is how I market myself.

If my only qualifications were a liberal arts degree I don't think I could convince someone to pay me to do something like accounting, programming, management, finance, or anything specific.

If you want to go into an MBA or law school maybe it doesn't matter but its certainly not a job preparation degree.