The Top 10 Paying College Majors? Your Mileage May Vary, but Here are the Standard Results
Education Portal has compiled the top 10 paying college majors. If your goal was to go to school to make wads of dough, this is an article worth reading and these are major areas you may want to pursue. Naturally, college is usually a 4 year program, so you should still look into majors you’re passionate about and subjects that you want to learn. If the subject matter is not interesting to you and you major it in it for the money, you won’t be happy overall. After all, while you can change careers later on, these jobs — for the most part — are for life.
Here are the majors and their respective careers. For more, read the full article:
1. Chemical Engineering: $59,218 – manufacturing, health care, and business
2. Electrical Engineering: $55,333 – design and develop circuitry and other electronic parts for computers, automobiles, etc.
3. Mechanical Engineering: $54,057 – design and develop power-producing machines in agriculture, manufacturing, and business
4. Computer Science: $53,051 – programming and research on computer systems
5. Civil Engineering: $48,998 – building design, transportation development, water systems planning, etc.
6. Economics: $47,782 – research or consulting and government jobs
7. Management Information Systems: $47,407 – all areas of business, infinite industry opportunity
8. Finance: $46,442 – banks, government institutions, etc.
9. Accounting: $46,292 – government/public accounting or auditing
10. Business Administration/Management: $43,256 – any industry!
Does that mean there’s no hope for an English major or someone who would much rather pursue liberal arts rather than more of the maths and sciences? Definitely not! Some of the most successful entrepreneurs and business people I know have had their roots embedded in liberal arts programs. These are the jobs in demand now, and they’re likely to continue throughout the years, but our arts, history, culture, and language are still in heavy demand — think about jobs at museums, as research professors, as lecturers, and more — the possibilities are endless.
