3) Child and Family Studies
Starting salary: $31,200
Mid-career salary: $38,600
Annual online job postings: 67,439
Related job: Teacher’s assistant
Projected 10-year job growth: 10.5%
It seems that people who study family values aren’t very highly valued themselves. These college graduates earn the lowest salaries of all 128 majors we analyzed. Job postings seeking these degree holders include positions for a teacher’s assistant, preschool or child-care teacher, family social worker and social service assistant. The highest paid of those jobs is family social worker, with a typical annual income of $42,120. Child-care workers are paid a measly median income of about $17,000 a year.
