What college major would be considered the best investment...

What college major would be considered the best investment? Assuming it is an investment one can actually afford to make.

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you will have negative return on that investment
most damaging will be the time lost

Medschool, math and physics. But overall i would not recommend anything if you have to pay for it just start earning money otherwise. If you were to take loan same amount that degree + other utilities of studying cost and invest simply to indexes you would be better off

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Skip college, learn how to weld and come join me and the crew in the Bahamas and be nomad welder underwater. Water is fucking warm right now. I work about 3 hours a day, get free travel and will peak at about $450k this year. Not to mention have had my dabble in hot Caribbean bitches. Consider it

If you find a field you wholeheartedly enjoy, then the better quality of life you have from working there will be worth it. Education's return is your entire career ahead.

>highest accidental fatality rate of any profession
Wagey here. Sounds like a good time, I might join you.

unironically this, join a trade, learn something real. US white-collar work is over saturated with the best of the best from the entire world

Bullshit. Trades work best because they put you in apprenticeships so you work through school in your field of study. You can, and should, do this is almost any field. Accounting, finance, business, STEM, communications, medicine, whatever.

There are some select few trades that are inevitably going to make good money with minimal schooling. Commercial truck driving is an example. But don't just spout trade bullshit like it's an end all be all solution to mad cash and happiness.

As a boomer (yeah so what), I'll give you my advice...do something you enjoy. Doesn't matter what because eventually your income and spending fall in line with each other.
If I had to look back when I was in college in the early eighties to what would be the most successful degrees, certain engineering degrees as well as pharmacy, nursing and pre-med (as long as you went on to med school) degrees were the best by far. Certain jobs like social work and education basically only let you advance if you had a master degree or better, and some of those jobs paid decent but you had to put time in as well. One thing I did notice is many jobs paid well at first but didn't ramp up much over time and some jobs started low but did well after 5-10 years...never know.
I honestly don't know now though since employers have zero problems getting substantially better qualified foreigners at the same or less price as you the new grad and so much can be done virtually from around the world.
That said, trades will always be in demand so use your own judgment.

Trades are in demand at the moment. Faster ROI Just start investing your money right away.
If you are really just wanting to get a degree look at the job boards in your area or the area you want to live for what is hiring. Figure out what the qualifications are and go for the degree program that fits those quals.

That depends on you user. Education (and credentialing) is an investment in yourself.

The people making the most money didn't apply for their jobs, they made it. If you want to be that person it only matters what you learn.

>I was in college in the early eighties
>employers have zero problems getting substantially better qualified foreigners
This is a huge reason not to go to college and take student loans. You will be indebted and have to compete for lower wages abroad. But foreigners abroad can't turn a wrench in you domicile country yet.

Social Work is actually a highly underrated degree. I find 20+ jobs looking for experienced social workers a day, I'm actually debating going for it. 3-4 years of experience and a Bachelor's can hook you 50-60k/yr or more, and there's such a fuckhuge massive variety of non-profits and social programs looking for social workers that you can pick and choose what direction you want to go.

Gotta be good about dealing with shitty people though.

Look at starting off with youth, being a youth mentor can be some of the most rewarding work you'll ever do, and it'll always look solid on a resume.

My girlfriend is a social worker...makes decent money but she's been at it for a long time. No way I could deal with ungrateful niggers all day. Worse is that she's super liberal ...the kind of person that says 'no humans are illegal; theres only one race the human race' type woman and I'm Trump Uber Alles, but we get along great and she treats me like a king and I just have to listen to her bitch for one hour straight when she gets home.

She sounds like she's saturated with university indoctrination. It's your job to bring her back from mental retardation. Good luck user.

Working with ungrateful youth is more fulfilling. Can also work with ungrateful vets.

You don't have to, there's everything from healthcare social workers to case managers, youth advocates, senior case workers, victim advocates, foster programs, and various non-profit program directors. Many of which make >60k/yr mid career, which isn't dogshit if you're in a lower cost of living area. If you get a Master's, I've seen job offerings for 80-100k for experienced social workers in remote areas or niche fields.

So on the bright side, you damn sure wouldn't be broke. But you likely won't be a millionaire just working as a social worker for the county, either.

You realize getting a master's in social work takes significantly longer than many other degrees, right? You need a ton of "clinical hours" or similar social working experience and shit.

I wouldn't shoot for a master's until I was in the field for a few years anyway.

Should I go to school for Physics? Im just working a boring paper pushing job for the past five years and feel absolutely useless. I have a decent amount of crypto gains to help fund my education.

>Should I just jump right into an extremely difficult and time restrictive field of study?
Probably not. I'd shoot for business, if you like numbers accounting exists.

>being afraid of something because its hard

Im never gonna make it with that attitude. accounting sounds suicidally boring.

So does physics. There's more than accounting available, finance for example. Physics will land you as a middle school teacher if you happen to make it all the way to a bachelor's. If you don't get a Master's or PhD you won't get anywhere with physics. Unless you are fucking dead set and willing to put in 8+ years of work towards an education, you won't get anything out of it. Not to mention the return on a physics degree isn't all that great, considering you'd likely be making bitch bucks after going for a graduate degree unless you're literally in the top 10% of your field.

none, google exists. teach yourself

Just get a general education degree and learn whatever real skills you want on the side. Unless you plan on doing med or law or something like that.
>easy degree
>cheapest degree
>have time to learn skills you will actually need to get hired for the job you want
>still have degree to appease hr roasties

Aeronautics in a program that can get you an RATP certificate amd get you into the airlines quick. Airlines will have heavy personnel losses going until 2030 with the mandatory retirement at 65. 777 captains can make up to $300,000 a year