Top Paying 4-Year Degrees

[mjs1217]

My teacher told us that every year, CNN puts out a report on the Top 10 or Highest Paying 4-Year Degrees. However, I can't find anything about that at CNN.com. So, can someone please help me look for it? If you can find it, then please post it here. Thanks!

-mjs

[SeeK]

I thought I read about that but can't find it now. I find this:

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Custom/MSN/CareerAdvice/330.htm?siteid=cbmsn4314&sc_extcmp=JS_js02_aug04_advice

[grw4w34]

I dont know what other jobs are, but the head of the engineering department just sent out this...

http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/05/pf/college/lucrative_degrees/

I think thats what you were looking for. Given thats just for a BA in those subjects. I am studying to be a Industrial Engineer and was way more motivated to work hard after seeing that.

[taylor492]

Hmm i wonder if it would be a good idea to get a degree in the Engineering field?

[PyRo]

Hmm i wonder if it would be a good idea to get a degree in the Engineering field?

Good luck with that, there are tons of engineers now and only so many jobs to go around.

[AcemanPB]

Well I'm a senior in highschool right now and it seems like everyone and their Jewish counsin is planning on getting an engineering degree after highshool, me inculded. I hope there are plenty of jobs left by the time I graduate college. Although I suspect many of the people won't make it through the first year of college. I mean some of this kids suck at math and science and think Physics is the hardest class ever created.

[paintballrulzs]

actuarial mathematics.....That would be above them all. That is my current major and the pay in it is amazing.

[JimmyBeam]

4 years are good and all but dont underestimate the value of tech degrees nowadays.

[MantisMag]

of course if you haven't started yet by the time you graduate that list may not be any good by the time you're done.

[SeeK]

What most of the articles don't mention is to just rely on a single skill. It's easy to outsource a one trick pony. The people that understand multiple topics and are able to integrate and explain to others are the ones that are always needed.

Actuarial Science is one of the little known fields. Even if you don't pass all ten tests you have skills that are in demand.

I work with a bunch of them. They are an odd group.

[gc82000]

Golf Course Management. I can expect no less then 60k-100k a year. And I have to play golf everyday. Too bad I hate golf.

[paintballrulzs]

I work with a bunch of them. They are an odd group.

Thanks....

A few of the kids in my major are a little weird, but for the most part we are normal..

[Miscue]

I have a CS degree - and started about where it says. After 6 months, I'm exceeding the Computer Engineering degree. Tee hee!

Must suck to have a psychology degree... my ex-GF has a psych degree and I was eating with all her psych buddies. They were discussing GPAs and stuff. They all were complaining about their mere 3.7 GPAs. "What do you have?" I told them I had a 2.2. "I thought you were smart?!" Snotty dumb beeyatches... trying to make me feel stupid - I get even when people do that. So, I read a Freud and Jung book and their abnormal psychology book that they were taking a class on. I demonstrated my understanding of their own course work, and discovered they could not discuss Freud and Jung because they never read their work except for excerpts - they never had to in their classes. This is YOUR field! What the hell?!

They didn't factor in that their 4.0 in psych is no where near as marketable as a 2.0 in engineering. Hell, one year in engineering is harder than all of their classes combined - but for some reason they treat degrees as equal - that's how little they know. There is a reason why the graduating class of psych people is 10+ times bigger than ALL of the engineering fields combined. Their classes consist of monkey business - and nothing of substantial difficulty. They should have done basket weaving, at least they come out able to make something that they can sell. What an incredible waste of 4 years and all that money. They have to get a PhD in psych if they want the good psych jobs - and getting their initial BA is a great idea since they will be doing their PhD. But most of them stop after their BA - which I don't understand. It's a degree where you can't just stop at a BA if you want to make a living in that field.

I suppose if they start a career in another field, this is all moot.

[Miscue]

Well I'm a senior in highschool right now and it seems like everyone and their Jewish counsin is planning on getting an engineering degree after highshool, me inculded. I hope there are plenty of jobs left by the time I graduate college. Although I suspect many of the people won't make it through the first year of college. I mean some of this kids suck at math and science and think Physics is the hardest class ever created.

Ha...

I thought calculus 1 and 2, and engineering physics 1 were the easier classes - because they are. You often can't even sign up for anything beyond introductory engineering courses without getting those out of the way. Some say they are filter courses - and this is true. If you can't make it through those, you'll have no chance with the harder classes. It's like struggling on mile 2 of a 26.2 mile marathon - you're gonna die.

If you look at introductory engineering classes, you'll notice that an entire hall is filled with a ton of people - because they've read about how much money can be made. Half-way into the class, half of the class is gone. Towards the end, maybe 1/3 is left and only a portion of them are going to pass with a high enough grade to be eligible for the next class. And this is class is 100 level.

[vf-xx]

Thanks for bringing this up. I just graduated with my Mechanical Egr Degree. I was expecting much less money that that article listed as average for my field.

Now, must find job!!!!

Yeah our intro class had almost 100 people in it. The senior level classes never had more than 25 at any given time.

But I made it and with a 3.26 to boot! Yay!!!


Somebody gimme a job dagnabitt!!!

TIP: DON'T GRADUATE IN THE SUMMER!!! Job opportunities suck.