College Major Stereotypes Explained by Students

University of Portland students describe some of the misconceptions about their chosen majors.

[@Ali-ld8wp]

Lol we finance students do only care about money.... lmao the major is called finance what other reason would we be going into the field for?

[@spitalhelles3380]

Are you in your first semester? Because at the end of finance 101 you learn that the real treasure is the friendships you gained along the way

[@oceancurrentsea]

Spital Helles I’m dead

[@homesweetsc]

I think she meant beyond just her career/major...like as a person she cares about more than just money... cus obviously if we're just going off of the names of these majors and what they do then these stereotypes are all accurate

[@CookiesForLif329]

Ali As a finance and accounting major I could not agree more.

[@BuyTheDip627]

Ali I'm an accounting major and most people think I've got no soul

[@vanessathenot4376]

"we like to spend most of our time in nature" ~ from the environmental science major. Flat out, that is actually true! LAMO

[@roninelenion4805]

I'm a drama major. Our stereotypes are that we're crazy people with no shame or sense of decency, that we can all do accents, and that most of our guys are gay.

[@Araceli_Espinoza9585]

Ronin Elenion facts! I've seen homosexual men in theater majors even though I am taking theater appreciation class this summer. However there's a lot of men in my class, majority of them are older and they are straight gentlemen.

[@kingwonder9116]

Guess imma stereotype

[@roninelenion4805]

king wonder A fellow drama major?

[@nalimarie]

HONESTLY

[@Wangste002]

So true

[@AlishaNic]

Psychology is one of the most popular majors next to Business. I dont know how you guys couldn't find one psych student. Anyway as a psych major I usually get "Oh, so you can read my mind" or "Are you going to analyze me?"

[@ryana.6053]

Alisha C damn, I get those ALL THE TIME!

[@ningningwonderpets4773]

True. I always think that psychology students or graduates or psychologist can read my mind. I always wanted to study psychology but my parents would think that I can't have a decent job after it and I will just end up getting crazy, the same with the mental hospital patient. They think that if I major in psychology I will only be a psychologist after, they don't know that psychology students have a lot of job opportunities.

[@BuyTheDip627]

I'm an accounting major and most people think I've got no soul

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

It's pretty true. Psych majors have issues. Plus it's a dumbass major with nothing but opinions unless you go the path of neurology.

[@Cookiesrfood]

Psych as just a bachelors degree is pretty useless but if you go to grad school there are some nice careers you can go into

[@aliceclanton7417]

I’m a software engineer, and the stereotype is exactly that electrical engineer dude’s response. I’m not amazing at math and science, but I am a shut in, introvert, which is one big reason why I majored in programming 😂

[@IamAWESOME3980]

CS major here. I picked this for the same reason. I hate people but love computers.

[@thereasonabletroll68]

I see the shut in/introvert computer parts but not the math/science gifted part

[@anikevin]

perfect job for the introverts who want money

[@samo6401]

I wouldnt say I dont like people (as many engineering majors claim to), but I have no issues being on my own for days or even weeks as long as there is something interesting to be working on, and that's why I'm in Mechanical engineering. He's absolutely right, every like 9th week I'm so burned out that I spent a day or two just relaxing watching videos like this, but besides those recovery periods, I spend all of my time outside of class in the IREC or SAE/FSAE teams working on cars, robots, planes, rockets, manufacturing equipment, etc. I see my friends maybe twice a year, unless theyre directly involved in the projects, and I try to see my girlfriend at least one full day a week but its usually a study date on the weekends. Sometimes breakfast before classes on campus. Some people think it sounds horrible, honestly it feels just right to me. The day doesnt feel right if I havent learned something or made progress creating something

[@PsycosisIncarnated]

You're not introverted enough to the point where you decide to become a self taught programmer jsut to avoid people on campus and in classes. Come on man, if you're gonna commit to the introvert lifestyle you might as well go balls deep ;)

[@MistCellaneous-5]

I'm a history major and our stereotype is that we're just a bunch of science majors rejects.....we just like old stuff that's all.

[@FeyTheBin]

Freshman in Medicine here. My stereotype is-- *Y U NO DOCTOR YET?*

[@protean_persona]

I'm an English major, and a stereotype about us is that we are all going to be teachers.

[@devayudhdasgupta9]

@I'm Iron Man your dad is an English major and all you do is write an 'a' before a word that starts with an 'E'

[@camerons3097]

I'm an I.T. major and everyone thinks I am an introvert that can fix their computer. Well, I am an introvert, but I am not geek squad. Most of my classes are business, programming or database courses. I have only opened the inside of a laptop twice.

[@dt4654]

I have a certificate in IT and never opened a laptop in my life 😂

[@Grassmpl]

That's nothing. I studied computer science and I get the same expectation from elderly Chinese people my mom's age. It's very annoying. To the Chinese aunties and uncles, if I study anything that has to do with computers, Im automatically expected to fix one.

[@jennahilton8259]

Y’all missed a lot of majors. Mathematics, religion, English, history (mine btw), psychology, and more.

[@EvanHBogle]

Jenna Hilton well it is less than 2 minutes

[@jennahilton8259]

Evan Bogle Maybe bit it could’ve very easily been longer. I’d understand though if it were for a project and there was a time limit.

[@julesc_bubblegum]

Yeah the English one would have been interesting xD

[@ryanmiller9808]

Yay History! That’s me too.

[@jayfawn8478]

Jenna Hilton yay another mia 😅😅

[@vanessathenot4376]

This is the best Major stereotypes I came across from all of KZbin, thank you!

[@oceancurrentsea]

I’m a poli-sci major and I do not know one person, who’s in that major, that isn’t trying to get into law. Unless, you want to make under 50k.

[@phil6748]

Sophia Marie exactly

[@anal1143]

Well i dont think going into law is going to immediately mean you will make 50k+

[@annaparedes1950]

As a polisci major who isn’t going into law, there are plenty of jobs that pay over 50k after experience. My constitution law professor told us that the law field is overly saturated, and in 7 years its project that well over half will be making around 60k a year while some lower lever courts will be making a few dollars over min wage.

[@CookiesForLif329]

Sophia Marie I'm minoring in Poli-sci hoping to get go into politics themselves.

[@isaiahjohnson9905]

Sophia Marie try philosophy instead, you will have a higher chance of getting into law school

[@carlosflores4380]

mechanical engineering here, confirming we are introverts

[@caroline317]

I’m a Criminology Major and planning to double major in Intelligence and Security Studies. I guess a stereotype for us is that we want to basically be Batman.

[@granthernandez3536]

My roomate is an engineering major. He indeed has no social life, I'm not sure if I ever seen him talk to a girl before. And yes he also plays a lot of videogames on his computer. Everytime I wake up, come home, and before I go to sleep, he's on his computer

[@zw9423]

Same bro us engineering either doing homework on computer on playing video games because that’s like the only thing you have time to do after a long coding session and before sleep. #singlefor4years

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

I'm a chemical engineer major and I date a lot. More than most people. But most of my free time is spent on studying though.

[@C3yl0]

That’s all bs. If he study 3 hrs is a miracle. He is just a gamer. I used to play video games 10 hrs a day and bs around with homeworks. Stop thinking he is a book worm that ain’t happening over there 😂

[@jonsnow855]

@@zw9423 Yeah as a Computer Science major the no social life thing is an understatement LMFAO but its a good field if you already don't have a social life and a big introvert.

[@aaliyahgarcia9282]

1:19 that man is beautiful

[@reed9899rr]

Engineer is pretty much spot on

[@isaiahjohnson9905]

Stereotypes on the Microbiology major is that their class major is very small compared to biology.

[@mauve3734]

I’m an interior design major and a stereotype about interior design majors is that we only decorate and pick out colors which is false

[@HJima]

where do you live? Does it pay well. I have been looking into switching majors because of job availability. Would you consider it to be stable? I was looking into classes and it seems very interesting and exciting, 3D modeling interiors, and all that!

[@mauve3734]

I live in Texas, the average for a licensed interior designer is 60k. There's more with credentials and other licenses but new york and california has the most pay. It is stable because theres so much you can do im going into commercial and my own business.

[@youngbull16]

As a business major, I 100% agree with the stereotype.

[@BillyCaswell]

Science majors: Hate their field of study, but will at least be employed in it. Humanities majors: Like their field of study, but will have no useful skills. Business majors: Hate their field of study, and will have no useful skills 😂

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

Engineering major. Falls under science. Love the study and have job offers all the time

[@C3yl0]

In humanities you learn analysis and how to dissect ideas. You can learn how to make a good speech and argument and how to use your logic. Dude you need go back to middle school

[@Photon210]

Chemistry/Business Double major. ...kill me

[@ZacharyCor]

I’m a business major. Got my first job offer a year before graduation.

[@IamAWESOME3980]

underwater basket weaving major. You know what the stereotype is.....

[@ryanlangman4266]

As a math and physics double major, stereotypes about us are like what the engineering major said but cranked up to 11. So much so that we have our own stereotypes about engineering majors. Engineering majors are seen as loud and outgoing compared to us. You can feel the difference, when you walk into each classroom. When you walk into an engineering classroom it’s loud with people talking. When you walk into a physics classroom people are each talking in there own groups at a moderate level. And then when you walk into a math classroom, it’s dead silence. Of course, we also have the stereotype of all being nerdy, socially inept, know it all, geniuses.

[@BaconBearOfficial]

Bruh that engineering stereotype fits me perfectly and I want to become one 😭🤣

[@Narutoninjashadow]

Where my chemistry majors at?

[@nycto16]

I'm a Business major with specialization in Banking and Finance. Yeah we care about money, like obviously what we are supposed to care about? Finance is all about money, like medicine students only cares about health, we finance students cares about wealth!

[@Taedjaire]

I'm a Comm Major & I'd have to say it's easy until you figure out what you are 100% sure what you want to focus on....once you figure out what you're going to do then you add on pressure also depending on the college you can have some pretty intense classes I'd say classes I'd take were a bit more than others

[@braydenmeeks5344]

I’m a comm major who doesn’t know what I’m doing and it is easy . Very accurate video

[@hishouha]

Hi, I'm confused at what's a Major can someone please enlighten me on the matter ? Where I live we don't have Majors we have École de Métiers (DEP), Techniques (DEC), Baccalauréat, Maitrise, Doctorat...... DEP is Professional studies, you only need up the your middle school to get int and it's specific to the work you want to do. For example : Beneficiary Attendants have a DEP, you only learn what you need to know for the work ; there's less theory and it's usually faster than a DEC. DEC is College, you can follow a general course to complete only your mandatory classes (French, English, Philosophy, PE..) There are also general courses like Human Sciences which are general and not specific for a job, can be useful if you want to continue to University. Then there are the Techniques (that's what I'm in), these can offer you specific jobs and last up to 3 to 4 years, for example I study Radiotherapy as my Technique and when I am done with my studies I'll become a Radiotherapist. Afterwards it's the University that can be mandatory for some jobs like Doctor, it's useful otherwise to get better promotions and salaries, I'm pretty sure it's the same about anywhere. There are 3 grades of University studies Baccalauréat (BACC) Maitrise Doctorat

[@okioki4609]

Majors are specific programs of studies in the u.s which can include education in core studies plus specialized classes in your given major (ex: radiotherapy). Its basically just what you have chosen to take your classes in. In the u.s there are three levels of university. An associates is a two year degree which can be earned at community college. A bachelors is a 4 year degree which can be earned at public/private university. After that there is graduate school where you can earn your masters or PhD. This takes the longest up to 2-3 to 6 years. Most jobs require a bachelors and a good job requires a masters atleast. Associates are for specific jobs like a dental hygienist or a nurse.

[@hishouha]

@@okioki4609 Oh okay !! So I get that Majors are very similar to our « techniques » ! Thank you for the answer !

[@okioki4609]

@@hishouha your welcome. You choose a noble profession :)

[@hishouha]

@@okioki4609 Thank you ☺️🙏 My Mom passed away from cancer recently, I just really want to help other cancer victims and see them recover even though I know it won’t always happen that way. It’s a difficult technique but I feel in my element

[@okioki4609]

@@hishouha My condolences for your mother. Cancer is tough especially for families. You have a beautiful cause and I hope you succeed stranger! I'm about to enter university so I'm unsure about what I want to do with life but something that helps others for sure! ^_^

[@PineappledoesnotbelongonPizza2]

I'm an Economics Major what's my stereotype?

[@TheWallowingMadman27]

I used to be a communications major & I picked it because I was somewhat undecided & it’s versatile

[@tantyasudira9543]

Is it weird that almost all of my engineering major friends are extroverts?

[@xxxXKPoPXxxx]

tantya sudira my uncle is an engineer and he's the most outgoing in our family when it comes to strangers. Bc he has to be in meetings all day with important clients and he has to present his layouts :) You can be an introvert if you're an engineer but you can't be shy or closed off on the job is what he told me (which is for like every job tbh)

[@shinyknighttt]

Bio major here, can confirm

[@shaunswatt8157]

Lol can't find the comp sci majors

[@joash4332]

1:13 one major sign you're taking education major.

[@dylanlapierre9000]

class CollegeMajor{ private boolean nerd; public CollegeMajor{ this.nerd = true; System.out.println(“Hello World, .. We aren’t all introverts”); } } /**main method takes too long to write.. but pretend I did that too. */

[@Footermanqiu]

stereotype on communication student：they like to communicate

[@pearspeedruns]

What's OTM?

[@donovansullivan5130]

Operations and Technology Management

[@pearspeedruns]

Donovan Sullivan thanks!

[@CrisSantos-cc8cc]

I'm a software engineer major and people think all we do is to access the mainframe

[@NZSmall]

Yup, engineering stereotype is 100% true in my case

[@aswervo1574]

What about law majors I’m looking into doing that for college I’m going in to 11 grade now and wanted to look into law

[@jonsnow855]

As a Computer Science Major, they just think we're robots sent here to destroy the earth and I agree

[@hannahmorris1835]

Engineering major! Yeah... I do like video games. But I’m also a female so I feel like I’m not the most stereotypical then haha.

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

I'm a civil engineering major. The stereotype about us is that people think we are educated masons and construction workers lol!

[@sohini9990]

I mean are you not?

[@abelchavez2463]

I was waiting for a philosophy major.

[@ivannav9175]

I'm a criminal justice major :)

[@megajoe721]

What about them fellow Math Majors

[@fanyang9215]

We are psych major, but we don’t read people’s mind!

[@FellaTuber]

Kyle Malone lookin like a true stoner

[@cola_bear]

What about art or history? What type of school was this?

[@jazeba.1532]

Intellect

[@BuyTheDip627]

I'm an accounting major and most people think I've got no soul

[@noname8354]

Prob tech school

[@brookebrundage4038]

No chemistry majors???

[@comelordjesus4078]

Architects???

[@frodobaggins6684]

Env sci major here! More or less true xD

[@OceanIgs]

That EE major guy is accurate. I'm not even gifted in math and sciences, I just know how to study them haha it's embarrassing that I can't do math mentally only my calculator 😭😭

[@lamparaa]

Anthopogy major~~you are going to be unemployed

[@adibabdollahi3276]

What about mathematics?

[@55MAK55]

Adib Abdollahi a bunch of nerds

[@ВладКузь-з7ч]

Adib Abdollahi math major here - a lot of us are just quirky autists

[@dimplemaini]

Maths is gay

[@user-nh4ze4bx2d]

Is there a vet tech stereotype?

[@haylein9404]

Bobby-pins Santanessee y’all wanted to be vets but settled because you didn’t want to do the full 8 yrs

[@noname8354]

I'm not in college yet, but I'm in my school's environmental club ( most members are prob majoring in environmental science). We're pretty much all free huggers

[@6subswith0vids80]

"Explained"

[@taylerabel1325]

You can’t do this test in Portland because everyone acts the flipping same

[@biancag6281]

but COMM is easy so???

[@BrandonWillWin]

Homegirl in finance kinda lookin like Beans but that’s aite do ya thang girl

[@ishaqhamza2729]

The undecided major stereotype is true. Like wtf do you mean undecided man, you gotta go back to school.

[@TimSter15]

Env science is very much the truth for me! 😅

[@Wangste002]

The stereotype of Actuarial Science majors is that they only like math because it can make them money

[@dontgointothecloset0-05]

Where are my wannabe fashion merchandising majors at?

[@Araceli_Espinoza9585]

Okay, so two things....1). I am a nursing major that guy who is majoring in nursing is right while I've seen males going in for the nursing career; one cannot blame them. 2). I should've went for political science even though I took AP Government in high school. That is true for those who is majoring in political science.

[@zw9423]

I am EE, and everything he said was true

[@wilsontheknight]

I’m a psychology major and one stereotype that my stats teacher reinforced to me was that psychology major are smarter than business majors.

[@Araceli_Espinoza9585]

Kevin Wilson I'm going to drink my tea 🐸☕

[@Prutam]

Kevin Wilson What

[@BuyTheDip627]

Kevin Wilson I'm an accounting major and most people think I've got no soul

[@депрессивныйстудент]

Stefan Alexander I know I'm like one month late but I took an Accounting class in High School which sucked my sanity out. So I think it won't be too far of a stretch to think that. xD

[@kelpy_w_]

Sigh, No Art major

[@ynot68]

I'm a Biology major and nursing major 🤚🏽 ...kinda of a nerd 🤓

[@BuyTheDip627]

Y.M. hauler I'm an accounting major and most people think I've got no soul

[@janetteruiz9347]

I wanted environmental sciences :'( butall there is is biology. So im doing biology ..

[@nicolite8477]

Marxism here

[@KA-iq2ko]

Im majoring in Marxism studies.

[@chrislareau7460]

And if we're not gay, we can learn.

[@benthingz9476]

tree huggers 😂

[@tasos499]

Yeah... Getting a not so difficult degree and having a lot probabilities for nice jobs is definitely stupid. You are all jealous!

[@RainbowExplorerRN]

Wow! The Beacon engages in its own form of stereotyping, while creating a basic video. Viewing this piece of film, one would believe that the vast majority of university students are males, rather than females. With a seven to three ratio here, there's hardly a well balanced selection of opinions and perspectives provided. Another form of stereotyping presented in this video is the lack of students above age 25 and/or with disabilities who are consulted about the stereotypes most strongly attached to their majors. I can't help but wonder if the Beacon staff are intentionally attempting to discourage females, those above age 25, and/or those living with disabilities from attending this university. They're certainly not being well represented.

[@weaselhunter8324]

RainbowExplorer, I know what I am about to state may seem very ridiculous to you, but hear me out. Most females wouldn't even notice that there was more males being interviewed in the first place, I certainly didn't. I find it silly to think that just because there are more men in this video than women I, as a woman, should be discouraged. I believe it was just by chance that there were more men than women interviewed in the video; I don't see why they would do otherwise. If this video was indeed using *randomly selected* students, the chances of there being someone disabled is incredibly low. It's not actually a sad fact, it's good. 2-4 of the population is suffering from a disability that causes significant difficulties to function normally/properly. Do you see what is good about this? Less than 1 in every 20 people have to go through such difficulties. And as we are advancing that percentage will likely fall. My dear, are you catching on to my point here? Statistics are a wonderful thing. I may have missed something, but where do they say their ages? As far as I can tell, a few of them _may_ have been above the age of 25. Unlikely middle aged or above, but it's possible a few may have been 25-35. If I did miss something to direct their ages, please point it out for me. I believe you are being a bit melodramatic when you say "They're certainly not being well represented". Just because they did not add a person with a disability in the video, they were poorly representing them? Just because there were more men in the video, they were poorly representing women? And because no one had stated their age to be over 25, they were poorly representing late students? Peace.

[@weaselhunter8324]

Hambardzum Galstyan, they're just a bit too sensitive to this stuff. They've come to the point where they see it ('stereotypes', I guess) in places it doesn't exist. I wish them the best in getting a more clear state of mind, it will do no good to call them out like that.

[@weaselhunter8324]

Hambardzum Galstyan, social media does that to people, it's fine to take breaks from it from time to time. I wish you well with coping with such stress.

[@josephrasmussen5548]

RainbowExplorerRN fuck off lol

[@krystal3733]

You failed to notice that there also wasn't any trans people represented in the video. I can't help but wonder if you purposefully did not mention this because you're transphobic and do not want transgender people attending college. There also wasn't anyone under the age of 18. There weren't any animals. And I don't believe that every race, nationality, religion, sexuality, sexual identity, hair color, eye color, weight, and height was represented in the video.