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Should I go to College for Nursing,Psychology or Social Work---Confused--?

Asked by Skies_the_limit (1points) August 21st, 2009

Hey. I’m currently attending college and my major is Human Services (AS degree). My original plan was to get my A.S in Human Services just as as introduction to my long term career (Psychology or Social Work). I have a passion for helping people solve their own problems. I would love to be a couselor. However, according to my reasearch, Human Service workers make a little bit of money…around 25k anually. I made 37k last year doing customer service so this is a major pay cut…Back to original plan….then I was planning on going back to a CC to obtain my AA so I can transfer to a University and pursue a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. With a Master’s degree the money is still low & the jobs are not in demand. I know, I should not go for the money but for something that I enjoy doing. However, I am a single mother that needs to pay a lot of bills. So I don’t know if I can wait that long and take the financial burden. I was considering going to school for Nursing because the field is high in demand and it pays good. I will still be helping people and I can go to the psychiatric department or maybe the neonatal department…I heard Nursing is very hard though….I don’t know what to do…..

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