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Worst Master’s Degrees The Prestige Trap AI-Proof Degrees

Columbia University in the City of New York

ROI analysis for 50 degree programs. Sorted worst first.

MajorLevelDebtEarningsRatioRisk
Dentistry Degree $324,057 $66,443 4.88x TRAP
Film/Video and Photographic Arts Master's $163,605 $34,730 4.71x TRAP
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Master's $131,963 $31,068 4.25x TRAP
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences Degree $320,742 $110,949 2.89x TRAP
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Master's $88,235 $40,027 2.2x TRAP
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions Degree $152,583 $74,449 2.05x TRAP
Dispute Resolution Master's $106,851 $56,215 1.9x TRAP
Architectural Sciences and Technology Master's $111,550 $61,687 1.81x TRAP
Nutrition Sciences Master's $64,900 $40,618 1.6x TRAP
Social Work Master's $82,150 $51,895 1.58x TRAP
History Master's $66,561 $43,321 1.54x TRAP
Journalism Master's $69,000 $44,977 1.53x TRAP
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness Master's $92,058 $60,701 1.52x TRAP
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Doctoral $175,663 $115,222 1.52x TRAP
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology Degree $87,000 $60,803 1.43x CAUTION
International Relations and National Security Studies Master's $80,500 $66,860 1.2x CAUTION
Real Estate Development Master's $94,551 $80,322 1.18x CAUTION
Anthropology Bachelor's $32,250 $28,302 1.14x CAUTION
Public Health Degree $66,000 $61,912 1.07x CAUTION
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Master's $62,424 $59,243 1.05x CAUTION
Law Degree $198,924 $193,362 1.03x CAUTION
Area Studies Master's $50,000 $50,211 1.0x CAUTION
Medicine Degree $63,865 $65,213 0.98x CAUTION
Public Administration Master's $71,000 $74,201 0.96x CAUTION
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning Master's $61,500 $65,467 0.94x CAUTION
Statistics Master's $78,000 $92,259 0.85x CAUTION
Sustainability Studies Master's $61,500 $73,816 0.83x CAUTION
Communication and Media Studies Master's $73,250 $95,483 0.77x CAUTION
Health and Medical Administrative Services Master's $66,000 $86,682 0.76x CAUTION
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Master's $61,130 $81,069 0.75x VIABLE
Fine and Studio Arts Bachelor's $27,000 $36,885 0.73x VIABLE
Visual and Performing Arts, Other Bachelor's $26,985 $37,826 0.71x VIABLE
English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's $25,000 $38,726 0.65x VIABLE
Construction Management Master's $61,500 $98,322 0.63x VIABLE
Neurobiology and Neurosciences Bachelor's $24,812 $40,198 0.62x VIABLE
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's $53,545 $92,223 0.58x VIABLE
Social Sciences, Other Bachelor's $25,000 $44,253 0.56x VIABLE
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Master's $57,410 $105,801 0.54x VIABLE
Philosophy Bachelor's $20,937 $38,546 0.54x VIABLE
Sociology Bachelor's $27,000 $53,374 0.51x VIABLE
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's $19,500 $41,618 0.47x VIABLE
Research and Experimental Psychology Bachelor's $19,347 $41,906 0.46x VIABLE
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's $20,250 $45,021 0.45x VIABLE
Political Science and Government Bachelor's $21,500 $52,096 0.41x VIABLE
Civil Engineering Master's $32,685 $81,566 0.4x VIABLE
Business Administration, Management and Operations Master's $65,229 $162,427 0.4x VIABLE
Economics Bachelor's $25,000 $73,902 0.34x VIABLE
Computer Science Master's $41,000 $133,851 0.31x VIABLE
Management Information Systems and Services Master's $43,335 $153,730 0.28x VIABLE
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's $10,057 $69,826 0.14x VIABLE