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Staff writers at OnlineUniversities.com have compiled a list that is very useful as a somewhat focused environmental scan. One of the fifteen suggestions is to essentially create nutrition label equivalents for majors: Nutrition facts for majors (This link goes to a fascinating blog post about college costs and what a set of nutritional facts might look like for an unnamed private university in California, using information scrabbled together from various websites.)

Restaurants often show calorie counts on their menus, and some experts recommend that programs of study do the same. With a transparent explanation of tuition, fees, salary, student loan payments, and job market prospects, students can have a better idea of what they’re getting into if they choose to pursue a degree that does not fill the need for a high-demand industry.