Is there too much focus on STEM? (Liberal Arts strikes back)

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

There is a reason Engineers have the most valuable degree. We're trained specifically for the jobs we're hired for! We aren't well rounded in philosophy and history and english and whatever because it takes 4 years just to teach the advanced concepts that we need to know to be reasonably effective engineers.

Could you provide a reference that shows Engineers have the most valuable degree? One disadvantage is engineering degrees is that you are trained for the job you are hired for, but your job may not be a job 20 years from now nor will you want to be doing the same job your entire life. I don't know the exact statistic but the average person changes careers like 5 times in their life. I'm a fan of liberal arts education that includes a strong math and science basis. I would rather learn how to think like an engineer, writer, psychologist, biologist than learn how to do a specific job that may not be around in 20 years.