Was there ever a time when an education in the liberal arts and

>>1896224
back when 99% of university students were rich kids sure

>>1896235

and when was this?

>>1896224
Quare liberalia studia dicta sunt vides: quia homine libero digna sunt.

>>1896224

>Get into Top 10 University
>Enroll in liberal arts program
>Graduate with high GPA
>Apply (and get accepted) to high tier law school
>Graduate near top of the class
>Get hired by a powerful law firm
>Eventually get accepted as Partner in the firm
>Make seven-eight figures per year

The road is long and difficult but it is possible.

>>1896268

>top 10 university
>high tier law school

do you have any idea how much debt you will be accruing?

also, the legal profession is hopelessly overcrowded right now, even for graduates of top-tier law schools

>>1896238
Pre WW2.

>>1896224
Up until like the mid-20th century.

Doctors in particular were fairly poorly viewed.

There was a time when studying literature in university in the usa was considered super respectable.

A lot of the early cia guys were all literature and philosophy majors.

>>1896275

You also have to accept that you will NEVER have any free time ever again until the day you finally retire. But you can make an insane amount of money that way.

Pre WW2. College used to be a place for the gentry to essentially network before inheriting whatever industry their parents left them. This meant that the family would usually do most of the hard work in training you for your job and college was really just a place to expand your education. Now it's all job "training". IN the 19th century the height of learning credentials was shit like philosophy and history and literature - not STEM nonsense. Who the fuck goes to school for STEM? Get an apprenticeship you lazy shit.

>>1896312
>>1896278

So how did engineers, doctors, accountants, pharmacists, etc. get educated before WWII?

Or were there less professionals per capita back then?

having a literature degree was enough to get you hired in a professional position merely because you had a college degree well into the late 80s

>>1896325
Trade schools and apprenticeships, there is literally no reason any of those things need to be studied in a University.

>>1896325
Doctors were a prestige profession back then, suitable for being a gentleman.

>>1896346
Not until like the late 19th century. It was decidedly middle class.

>>1896224
Are you fucking retarded? Have you ever even done any research into this subject?

Finance graduates comprise a disproportionate fraction in the world's .1%, 1% and 10%. Same with all the commercial subjects students, and they are all branched under 'humanities'

Law is also a humanities subject

>>1896426

Don't know where you live but business is the most popular major in virtually every American college, and by a good amount. It's almost always treated as it's own separate college ("School of Business") apart from the humanities or the sciences and includes finance, accounting, banking, and operations research.