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Philosophy Projected as Top-Paid Class of 2016 Humanities Major

20 Feb 2017January 4, 2021
National Association of College Employers (NACE) has philosophy projected as the highest earning 2016 humanities major. Read about it here at  naceweb.org
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Philosophy degree holders Peter Thiel (PayPal Founder), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn Founder), Paul Graham (inventor of the Y Accelerator) are “the philosopher kings of Silicon Valley.”

17 Feb 2017January 5, 2021
Philosophy degrees have been incredibly useful in Silicon Valley leading to both riches and ideas that have changed the world. Consider Peter Thiel, who earned a B.A. in Philosophy at Stanford University in 1989.…
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Return on Investment in a Philosophy Major Is Comparable To That Of an Engineering Major

17 Feb 2017January 5, 2021
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has shown that philosophy is at least as good of an investment as engineering and health fields. A new study published by the National Bureau of…

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