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And The Highest Paid College Majors Are...
Zero Hedge ^
| 04/29/2013
| Tyler Durden
Posted on 04/29/2013 12:49:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Presented with little comment but perhaps it is time to rethink that $100,000 loan and the extended MBA program...
- Petroleum Engineering: $93,500
- Computer Engineering: $71,700
- Chemical Engineering: $67,600
- Computer Science: $64,800
- Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering: $64,400
- Mechanical Engineering: $64,000
- Electrical/Electronics and Communications Engineering: $63,400
- Management Information Systems/Business: $63,100
- Engineering Technology: $62,200
- Finance: $57,400
Via WSJ
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: college; major
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To: albie
Where is puppetry? Right above Political Science and Journalism. LOL!
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:00:00 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: SeekAndFind
But what about the Community Organizer degrees? What are they worth these days? I have heard you can go far with one of those.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:01:04 PM PDT
by
Nevadan
To: SeekAndFind
2011-12 National Average Starting Teacher Salary: $35,672
47,562 (35,672 * 12/9)
Plus benefits including health, retirement, education, student loan forgiveness, etc.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:02:59 PM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: central_va
That would be suggested by the heading on the chart.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:03:07 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DeFault User
RE: When I was selecting a major in college (1960s), I expressed an interest in petroleum engineering. My adviser told me in no uncertain terms that it was a dead-end job with no openings. Someone would have to die for there to be an opening.
I gather you took the adviser’s advise. What did you major in instead?
To: SeekAndFind
Where’s “teleprompter reading”?
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:06:25 PM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Hmmm. No "xxxxxxx Studies" majors, here.
Must be a racist survey.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:07:08 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: Jyotishi
He didn’t need a degree for that...
To: SeekAndFind
Languages. At the time there were government programs promoting all sorts of language learning/teaching. With the hippie movement and the elimination of many college requirements, language teaching became the 400 applicants for every college job opening. I ended up in insurance. :o)
To: SeekAndFind
Amazing! Not a single one of those degrees ends with the word “studies.”
To: SeekAndFind
What exactly is “finance?” Is that accounting?
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:10:15 PM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("I've shot people I like more for less." -- Raylan Givens)
To: 1rudeboy
60 grand for an experienced engineer sucks. That is as much as a Wal Mart floor manager....
That is what the H-1b program will do, lower wages of the hardest working Americans, engineers being a group in that category.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:11:04 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: madison10
Finance is typically corporate finance, securities, investments and financial planning.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:11:57 PM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("I've shot people I like more for less." -- Raylan Givens)
To: central_va
The keyword is “experienced.” And it really appears that you do not understand the word, “starting.”
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:12:22 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: central_va
Colorado School of Mines has a 99% placement history...all mining engineers and very good ones at that..in High demand
To: SeekAndFind
Looked myself-accounting and finance are not the same. DH will be finishing up his accounting degree in Aug. just wondering what the prospects are...
To: 1rudeboy
I didn’t notice the word starting at first LOL. However if you adjust for inflation engineer starting salaries are not up that much, not much at all.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:15:23 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SeekAndFind
I have my doubts about these numbers since Computer Engineering is ahead of Computer Science. Computer Science is considered the far more desirable major.
To: SnakeDoctor
Thanks, SnakeDoc. Hard to believe financial planning has such a good outlook.
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