These Are the College Degrees People End Up Regretting

Anthropology appeals to curious students who want to study humans across cultures, history, language, and society. It can sound adventurous and meaningful, with images of fieldwork, museums, archaeology sites, global research, or nonprofit work. For people who love asking how humans live and adapt, the major feels rich and eye-opening.

The difficulty is that the job market is not as clear as the subject itself. Many anthropology-related careers require graduate degrees, specialized field skills, or museum and research experience that can be hard to get. It also shows up in weak job-market and underemployment data, which makes regret more understandable.