In all fairness that was just a little troll, all degrees are in some way useful. However, the superiority of STEM degrees is over-exaggerated and unfounded. Taken from my post in another thread: (
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=64661403&postcount=234 )
http://www.cbi.org.uk/media/1514978/cbi_education_and_skills_survey_2012.pdf'STEM qualifications alone are not enough - many employers find that applicants lack general workplace experience (42%) and are weak in employability skills (39%).'
'About a fifth of graduate-level jobs need applicants to have studied a specific discipline at university, but in recruiting
for other roles employers prefer graduates holding STEM degrees (favoured by 50% of employers).' - The thing to take from this is that for jobs
where the degree you took doesn't even matter, 50% prefer STEM graduates, and 50% do not. Seems pretty even to me. I want to stress that this is for jobs without a specific degree requirement, i.e. not chemical engineering or whatever.
This is for regular, ordinary jobs, and the preference split between STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates is exactly equal.'The highest median graduate starting salaries are paid for legal roles (£24,000) and engineering and science roles (£23,000).' -
The highest paid median graduate job salary is not in a STEM role.'Employability skills are the most important factor taken into account when businesses recruit graduates - four in five employers (81%) value these skills above other factors such as degree subject (70%) and class (46%).' -
Only TSR gets so antsy about degree subject, employers care more about your actual workplace skills.'Among those firms that need employees with STEM skills and knowledge, two in five (42%) currently have difficulties recruiting staff.' - When you consider this in accordance with the fact that 42% of STEM employees lack general workplace experience, and 39% are weak in employability skills, this would suggest that
there is not actually a shortage of STEM workers; the reason why employers are finding it difficult to recruit is because STEM graduates lack employability skills.