Most lucrative college degrees

CNN/Money ^ | 7/27/04 | Deshundra Jefferson

[Dane]

..."This is definitely a transitional year," said Andrea Koncz, a NACE spokesperson. NACE releases its "Salary Survey" quarterly, with the final report for the 2003-2004 recruiting year due in September.

Engineering majors are seeing the most cash, led by gains from chemical engineering graduates who now earn $52,819 a year, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier. Computer engineering graduates are following closely behind with $51,572, but that figure represents a 0.3 percent decrease from last year.

Those graduating with a degree in computer science are seeing heartier increases. According to NACE, information sciences and systems graduates earn $43,053 a year, up 8.2 percent from a year earlier, while computer science graduates make $49,691 a year, up 4.8 percent...

[Guenevere]

bttt

[Guenevere]

#10..Not true...

..My son is a college graduate (computer graphics) and is in the 'ballpark' of these figures...

Dot.com happened, but it's stabilizing now.

[headsonpikes]

How come Philosophy majors aren't on that list?

There are rewards not measured in silver and gold. ;^)

[OldFriend]

Not talking about computer science. Talking about engineering, chemical, electrical, mechanical.....etc.

[spodefly]

How come Philosophy majors aren't on that list?

I was a Philosophy major. It has yeilded me untold benefits. I would elaborate, but then they would not be untold.

[vetvetdoug]

I was in the military and went to night school the entire time. I also went summers and took over 21 hours per semester when I did start full time. After active duty, the G.I. bill paid for college and I took as much as I could stand and keep a high G.P.A. I also took proficiency exams that further extended the number of collective college hours. The actual time from my discharge till I received my D.V.M. was six years but I have over 490 college hours. A normal year matriculation is 36 semester hours; 490 divided by 36 is 13.61 rounded off is 14. Roughly, I have fourteen years of college by normal standards. I took a significant number of Zoology, Microbiology, and animal science courses offered by the university. Most veterinarians can go through seven or eight years of college and get through the curriculum, but at the University I attended, many had other degrees before applying and being accepted to the veterinary college. Some veterinary colleges are receive students with two years of preparation before entering the curriculum which IMHO and many others believe to be inadequate.

Many veterinarians have advanced degrees along with their D.V.M.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I was a Philosophy major.

Same here actually. But I wouldn't like a job in the field...

[luckystarmom]

At my university (Texas A&M) computer science was one of the engineering degrees from the College of Engineering. It depends on the university.

[OldFriend]

You #69.......all I can say is W O W!!!!

[OldFriend]

oOPS.........YOUR #86......SHEESH.......