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Which degree will be worthless by 2035?
Asked verbatim: “Which college degree will be worthless by 2035? Name one.”
How the AIs voted
One dot per model. Hover for the model, its lab and its argument.
15%Business Administration
13 models
10%Print Journalism
9 models
10%Communications
9 models
9%General Studies
8 models
7%Journalism
6 models
48%Other answers
PU
42 models
By lab
- OpenAI2 / 8 Business Administration
- Google0 / 7 Business Administration
- Anthropic1 / 5 Business Administration
- Meta1 / 5 Business Administration
- Qwen0 / 5 Business Administration
- xAI1 / 5 Business Administration
- 22 other labs8 / 52 Business Administration
87 of 87 models have voted. Hover a dot for the model, its lab and its argument.
How the consensus formed
Running share as each of the 87 models answered.
The read
Most models converged on Journalism/Print Journalism (~15 picks) and generic Business Administration (~13), with General Studies/Liberal Arts and Communications also popular. The oddest outlier was Laguna XS 2.1, which picked Mechanical Engineering, while Sonar Pro and Claude Fable 5.1 argued no degree becomes truly worthless.
Written by claude-sonnet-5 after reading every answer.
Every answer
87 answers · in the order they came in · unedited apart from length.
Qwen3.8 FlashQwen
A communications degree with no technical minor62%
AI already writes the copy, scripts, and social calendars, so the degree's only real skill is now a free tool — employers will hire the engineer who can write, not the writer who can't.
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Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance
Traditional library science80%
AI and search automation will replace most cataloguing and reference roles, making the classic degree largely obsolete.
Parallel SpeedParallel
General Studies75%
Highly generalized degrees lack specific technical skills, making them easily replaced by AI and automated micro-credentials.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (High Reasoning)Google
Bachelor's Degree in General Translation85%
Ubiquitous, highly accurate AI translation models have made four-year human translation degrees economically unviable for all but the rarest literary niches.
Granite 4.0 MicroIBM
Data analyst70%
Rapid AI automation will render many data analyst roles obsolete by 2035.
Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Generic business administration (BBA)72%
Routine BA tasks are eaten by AI and cheap outsourcing.
Grok 4.3xAI
General business administration72%
AI automates entry-level analysis, spreadsheets, and reports faster than any BBA graduate can learn them.
Llama 4 MaverickMeta
Bachelor in Traditional Print Journalism70%
Digital media shift is eroding traditional print jobs.
Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionAI
General Studies degree75%
AI and automation erode generic skill sets, making undifferentiated degrees the hardest to monetize by 2035.
Nova LiteAmazon
Journalism75%
With the rise of AI and automation in news, journalism jobs are becoming less stable and valuable.
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Llama 4 ScoutMeta
Hospitality Tourism Management60%
Automation may heavily impact this field.
Solar Pro 4Upstage
General studies or arts degree with no specialization72%
Generic degrees that don't teach a hard skill face the steepest automation and degree-inflation risk by 2035.
Sabiá 4Maritaca AI
Bachelor of Arts in Communications85%
AI content tools and automation will make basic comms tasks routine, devaluing generic degrees lacking tech specialization.
Hy4 PreviewTencent
Bachelor's in Computer Science, general track72%
AI already writes entry-level code; the degree that taught you to be a junior coder will train you for a job that no longer exists.
Sonar ProPerplexity
None are guaranteed worthless by 203586%
Demand shifts fast, but any degree can still pay off with the right skills, portfolio, or grad path.
GLM-5.3 (Low Reasoning)Z.AI
Generic Business Administration (no specialization)70%
By 2035 AI handles the routine analysis, management boilerplate and marketing grunt work that degree trains, and employers already hire specialists or self-taught operators instead.
Gemini 3.6 Flash (Medium Reasoning)Google
Bachelor of Arts in Translation and Interpretation85%
Real-time AI translation tools will handle routine language processing faster and cheaper than human graduates.
Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA
Journalism78%
AI can produce news, analysis, and fact-checking faster and cheaper than any human reporter.
GLM-4.7 FlashZ.AI
History68%
Generative AI will flood text-heavy jobs with low-cost content, reducing demand for generic degree-level writing.
MiniMax M3MiniMax
General Bachelor's in Communications62%
AI now drafts press releases, social copy, and scripts faster than grads; soft-skill degrees without technical pairing lose leverage fast.
SonarPerplexity
General communications degree71%
Broad, non-technical degrees with little specialization are easiest to replace or devalue unless paired with a clear skill stack.
Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity
For-profit online business administration degrees62%
Overpriced, oversupplied, and already losing employer trust to cheaper, skills-based certificates and on-the-job training.
GLM-5.3 Flash (Max Reasoning)Z.AI
Bachelor's in general business administration55%
Employers pay for specialized skills, not a generic credential, and AI now does the entry-level analysis that made it employable.
Sabiazinho 4Maritaca AI
Most traditional liberal arts degrees if unpaired with tech skills85%
Automation and AI favor degrees with applied, quantifiable skills over broad theory by 2035.
Grok 4.5 (High Reasoning)xAI
Graphic Design72%
Generative AI already spits out logos, ads, and layouts faster and cheaper than most grads ever will.
Aion 2.0 (Reasoning)Aion Labs
Communications78%
AI-generated content will replace most communications roles, making the degree obsolete.
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Solar Pro 3Upstage
Fine Arts90%
Demand for traditional gallery art is shrinking as AI‑generated visuals flood the market.
Laguna XS 2.1Poolside
Mechanical Engineering75%
AI automation and generative design will replace routine mechanical design work by 2035.
Qwen3.8 27BQwen
Graphic design62%
Generative AI already ships client-ready logos, layouts and brand kits in seconds — by 2035 the junior graphic design job, the degree's main outlet, is nearly extinct.
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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek
Broadcasting/journalism (generalist) degree82%
AI writes, edits, shoots and anchors cheaper than a four-year generalist degree can justify.
Nova 2 LiteAmazon
Business Administration85%
Rapid automation and AI adoption devalue generalized business skills by 2035.
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GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI
General business administration72%
AI and automation will commoditize routine business skills, making an undifferentiated generalist degree a weak signal without specialization or experience.
Qwen3.7 FlashQwen
General Associate's in Liberal Arts65%
Automation and AI will commoditize entry-level generalist roles, making narrow, technical credentials far more valuable than broad liberal arts degrees.
Claude Fable 5.1 (Low Reasoning)Anthropic
None — no degree becomes truly worthless70%
Degrees lose premium, not value; even the usual scapegoats (general studies, low-tier coding bootcamp-style CS) still beat no degree on earnings and mobility.
GLM-5.2Z.AI
Associate of Arts in General Studies74%
It signals no specialized skill, and self-paced AI tutors now deliver that same generic breadth for free—employers stop paying a premium for a credential with no moat.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Minimal Reasoning)Google
Generic introductory-level translation degrees85%
Advanced real-time neural translation models are fully automating routine linguistic conversion tasks.
Qwen3.8 Max 0902 (Minimal Reasoning)Qwen
Paralegal studies68%
Document review and contract drafting — the actual work — is being automated faster than any other mid-skill task, leaving the credential with no job underneath it.
Granite 4.2 8BIBM
Undergraduate Print Journalism30%
AI and digital platforms are rapidly replacing traditional print media jobs, reducing demand for print-focused journalism skills.
Mistral Small 3Mistral
General Studies (BA/BS)78%
Broad degrees lack specialized skills, making them vulnerable to automation and hiring cuts by 2035.
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MiMo V2.5 ProXiaomi
Graphic Design60%
Generative AI can now produce professional visuals instantly, so demand for human-only graphic design skills will shrink.
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Parallel BaseParallel
Graphic Design85%
Generative AI tools already create instant, high-quality visual media, making traditional graphic design entry-level jobs largely redundant.
Parallel LiteParallel
Basic Communications Degree90%
AI tools automate routine writing, press releases, and internal communications faster and better, making general communications degrees obsolete for entry-level work.
Claude Opus 5 (Low Reasoning)Anthropic
General business administration bachelor's degree61%
A generic BBA teaches what AI and a weekend of certificates already do, so employers will stop paying a premium for it.
Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA
Associate's in General Studies65%
Broad, undifferentiated degrees risk automation and low employer demand as skills-specific credentials gain value by 2035.
Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral
Retail Management85%
Automation and e-commerce will eliminate most brick-and-mortar management roles by 2035.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Minimal Reasoning)Google
Basic data entry clerk certifications85%
Advancing AI and automation will fully commoditize routine manual data processing, rendering specific training for these tasks obsolete.
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral
Associate Degree in Retail Management85%
Automation and AI-driven retail operations will eliminate most mid-level management roles in brick-and-mortar stores.
Aion 3.0 Mini (Reasoning)Aion Labs
Journalism75%
AI already writes the news, so paying for a journalism degree is like buying a fax machine in 2026.
Gemma 4 31BGoogle
Junior-level Computer Science degrees85%
AI is automating entry-level coding, shifting the value from syntax proficiency to high-level systems architecture and domain expertise.
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
General studies bachelor's degree72%
It signals neither scarce technical skills nor a clear professional pathway, leaving graduates exposed as employers shift toward skills-based hiring.
Laguna S 2.1Poolside
Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degree75%
AI commoditizes generalist skills, making undifferentiated liberal arts degrees a poor ROI bet by 2035.
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Kimi K3Moonshot
General Studies / Undeclared Liberal Arts70%
AI is automating entry-level knowledge work, so a degree that signals "no specific skill" loses its labor-market value as employers shift to portfolio-based and AI-powered hiring.
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Medium Reasoning)Google
Translation and Interpretation80%
Real-time neural translation already matches human fluency, wiping out the entry-level vocational market before tuition can ever be recouped.
Claude Sonnet 5 (Low Reasoning)Anthropic
General Communications degree62%
AI writes press releases, ad copy, and social posts better and cheaper than a generalist ever could.
gpt-oss-120b (Low Reasoning)OpenAI
Associate’s degree in print journalism78%
Print media is collapsing, digital platforms dominate, making traditional print journalism skills largely obsolete.
MiniMax M2.5 (Reasoning)MiniMax
Journalism75%
Traditional media jobs have collapsed and AI is accelerating the disruption of newsrooms.
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LongCat 2.0Meituan
Traditional print journalism72%
The industry has been contracting for a decade, and AI tools are now writing routine news, making a dedicated degree in a dying medium a poor bet by 2035.
Muse Spark 1.2 (Minimal Reasoning)Meta
Generic Business Administration68%
AI will automate its entry-level office pipeline and employers already value skills over the credential.
Grok 4.20xAI
Journalism65%
AI content generators and automated news will gut traditional journalism roles by 2035.
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GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
Generic Business Administration degree72%
AI will commoditize broad desk-work skills, while specialized expertise and hands-on credentials retain clearer value.
Grok 4.6 (High Reasoning)xAI
Communications bachelor's58%
Already weak ROI, and by 2035 AI will have eaten the press-release, social, and generic-content jobs that degree mostly feeds.
InklingThinking Machines
General business administration degree72%
AI automates management grunt work; a generic MBA turns into expensive LinkedIn wallpaper by 2035.
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Mercury 2.5Inception
Computer science65%
AI agents automate most core dev tasks by 2035.
gpt-oss-20b (Low Reasoning)OpenAI
Library Science85%
Digital cataloging and AI search will replace traditional librarianship by 2035.
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
Print Journalism68%
Legacy media has collapsed for 15 years; AI now writes news. No pivot path for journalism-only grads.
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DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek
A generic MBA with no quantitative or technical specialization68%
Employers already treat the credential, not the skill, as the point — and AI now does the generalist analysis and slide-deck work that was the entire value proposition.
Seed 2.0 MiniByteDance
Bachelor's in print journalism78%
Declining demand for print newsrooms, widespread free digital news alternatives, and automated content tools will make this degree far less valuable by 2035.
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GLM-4.7Z.AI
Print journalism degree85%
Local newsrooms are gutted and AI will finish the job.
GPT-6 Astra (Medium Reasoning)OpenAI
Bachelor’s degree in translation42%
AI will make routine translation cheap; employers will pay for legal, medical or literary expertise, not a translation credential alone.
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Associate's in Medical Transcription92%
AI speech-to-text already outperforms humans; BLS projects -4% decline through 2032, and the niche disappears entirely as LLMs handle context, formatting, and EHR integration.
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Kimi K2.6Moonshot
Print journalism85%
Newsrooms keep shrinking and AI can already write routine stories faster and cheaper.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNVIDIA
Digital Media Studies65%
The job market will prioritize AI literacy over traditional media theory.
MiMo V2.5Xiaomi
Communications45%
AI now handles content creation, press releases, and social media faster and cheaper than entry-level comms grads.
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (Minimal Reasoning)Qwen
Paralegal studies62%
Legal AI already drafts, researches, and reviews documents faster than humans; by 2035 the remaining paralegal tasks won't justify a dedicated degree.
Muse Glimmer 30B (Low Reasoning)Meta
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism62%
AI-generated content and platform automation will eliminate most entry-level reporting and writing jobs by 2035.
Aion 3.0 (Reasoning)Aion Labs
Accounting72%
AI will fully automate bookkeeping, tax prep, and auditing by 2035, gutting the entry-level jobs a basic accounting degree targets.
Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs
Business Administration100%
As the name suggests, it's an administrative degree focused on business. With the rise of AI and automation, many administrative tasks will become obsolete.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek
A general bachelor's in communications72%
AI now writes the press releases, ad copy and social posts that employed these grads; the degree taught delivery, not a defensible skill.
PUUnion AlphaUndisclosed maker
Graphic design BFA72%
Generative AI already produces its exact core output on demand; entry-level design work is the first commodity skill, so the degree certifies a shrinking profession.
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MiMo V2.6 FlashXiaomi
General Studies degree62%
An undifferentiated, no-skill credential loses to AI assistants and certificates that actually prove a capability.
MiMo V2.6 ProXiaomi
Associate's in General Studies62%
Its whole value is a credential signal AI can now replicate; skills-based hiring and AI assistants are dissolving the paper ceiling fastest for generalist degrees.
GPT-6 Luna (Medium Reasoning)OpenAI
Standalone prompt-engineering degree72%
The tools will change faster than a four-year curriculum can keep the credential valuable.
Claude Opus 5.5 (High Reasoning)Anthropic
Bachelor's degree in translation and interpreting30%
Machine translation is already good enough for most paid work, so by 2035 the degree mainly shows fluency that software provides free.
Grok 4.7 (High Reasoning)xAI
Graphic design62%
By 2035 generative tools will own commodity layout and visuals, so a production-only design degree won't buy a job.
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GPT-6 Sol (Medium Reasoning)OpenAI
Associate degree in medical transcription72%
By 2035, AI will draft most clinical notes, leaving too few transcription jobs to justify a dedicated degree.
Gemini 4 Argon (Medium Reasoning)Google
Translation and Interpretation Studies82%
Real-time neural translation already outpaces human fluency across dozens of languages at zero marginal cost, turning a four-year credential into an expensive hobby before the decade is out.
Muse Wonder (Medium Reasoning)Meta
Foreign Language Translation degree68%
Real-time AI translation already beats most graduates, and employers won't pay for a skill phones do free.
AI consensus
15%
Business Administration
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Labs : 28
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