[LibFreeOrDie]

Yup, the highest-paying degrees all involve math/science (except the Government major):

1.Petroleum engineering
2.Aerospace engineering
3.Chemical engineering
4.Electrical engineering
5.Nuclear engineering
6.Applied mathematics
7.Biomedical engineering
8.Physics
9.Computer engineering
10.Economics
11.Computer science
12.Civil engineering
13.Statistics
14.Finance
15.Software engineering
16.Management info. systems
17.Mathematics
18.Government
19.Information systems
20.Construction Management

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/college-solution/top-20-best-paying-college-degrees-in-2010/2600/

[rbosque]

Glad I changed my major to economics! :-)

[OpusatFR]

My guys are all engineers of one sort or another. They were all in the minority in their classes. Everyone else was Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, and so on.

All the girls were Asian.

This is at three different universities so it can’t be just a fluke.

[meyer]

Yup, the highest-paying degrees all involve math/science (except the Government major):

Correct. Just goes to show that if you can master something useful (except for the government major), you will earn more than if you excel in the useless.

I wonder where plumbers, electricians, and other skilled trades would fall on that scale. I suspect they'd be fairly high, or at least they would have scored high before the illegals flooded the home-building market in some areas.

[MuttTheHoople]

Engineering is high-paying IF you can get an Engineering job.

[ThE_RiPpEr.]

I chose wisely ... Biomedical engineering FOR THE WIN!

[cynwoody]

Yup, the highest-paying degrees all involve math/science (except the Government major)

I beg to differ. Working in government places a high premium on the ability to lie. And, while figures don't lie, liars certainly need to know how to figure.

[Hoodat]

That's prodigious!