From the best major to finding purpose in life — how going to college affects your happiness

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from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that the average person with a college degree makes $30,000 more a year, or nearly 75% more, than those with a high school diploma. The average college grad makes an estimated $78,000 a year, whereas someone with only a high school education makes $45,000.

Most jobs in today's "knowledge economy" require a college degree to get hired. Advancements in automation leave few opportunities for people to"A higher education and a college degree is still the proven path out of poverty for many students," Alex Bernadotte, CEO and founder of Beyond 12, an organization that guides underserved students toward completing their college degrees, tells CNBC Make It. "And it is certainly still the currency of validation in our country.

"Studies repeatedly find that individuals with a sense of purpose in life tend to report that they're happier, or they're more hopeful and more satisfied, than individuals without," Bronk says.One big challenge that emerging adults face in college is figuring out how they want to use their different skills and talents, Bronk says. MostThe best major is the one that helps you find purpose in your life.

The majors that provided people with the most meaningful careers were: alcohol and drug studies, which prepares people to work in the addiction field; radiation therapy, specialists on an oncology team that deliver radiation to cancer patients; cytotechnology, lab professionals who work with pathologists to diagnose cancer; early childhood special education and music therapy.

While these majors are vastly different, the report suggests that majors within the health field as well as community and social service tend to provide people with meaning.have a degree six years later. The numbers are even more stark for students from under-resourced communities or students from ethnic groups that have traditionally not attended college.

 

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