Students are ditching the humanities for job prospects.

The Wall Street Journal reports.

Are Humanities Degrees Doomed? Experts Weigh In.

Humanities majors at Harvard are becoming harder to find.

Students, worried about landing a job post-graduation, fear humanities degrees don’t hold the value they once did in a rapidly changing job market, the Journal reports.

Humanities majors at Harvard fell to 20% in 2012 from 36% in 1954. And the trends are similar at colleges across the country. Meanwhile, more incoming freshman are opting out of so-called softer subjects, placing their bets on STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) majors instead.

Harvard sophomore Shannon Lytle considered majoring in history but will opt for computer science instead. “We do have to worry about living after graduation. I don’t want to be doing what I love and be homeless,” he told the Journal.

But is his fear warranted?