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Starting your career with a business major is a strategic move in today's dynamic job market. This qualification opens doors to many lucrative and impactful opportunities. And you'll find some of the highest-paying business jobs right here on Monster.Trends indicate a positive outlook for business careers. The job market is robust, with a wide range of sectors such as finance, consulting, human resources, and marketing seeking business-savvy professionals. This demand is fueled by an ongoing need for graduates with strategic thinking, financial acumen, and innovative problem-solving skills.You can carve out a highly rewarding career in these lucrative sectors with the...

In an era of soaring tuition fees and mounting student debt, choosing which undergraduate degree to pursue has become a crucial decision for any aspiring college student. And it always helps to see which way the winds are blowing.As Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao shares below, this visualization by Kashish Rastogi, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), examines the changing landscape of undergraduate degrees awarded between the 2010–2011 and 2020–2021 academic years.Undergraduate Degrees Growing in PopularityThe NCES classifies all four-year bachelor degrees into 38 fields of study. Of these fields, 21 saw an increase in graduates...

College isn't cheap; but if you choose wisely, the pay-off at the end is worth it. Businessweek released their ranking of the best undergraduate business schools for 2011. We sorted through to see which of these colleges helps students land the highest starting salaries. Surprisingly, some of the best salaries don't come from the best programs. CLICK ABOVE LINK TO SEE THE SCHOOLS

Elena Kagan ’81 got drunk on election night in 1980. Standing in the Brooklyn Academy of Music with her vodka and tonic, she watched Walter Cronkite usher in the news that Democratic candidate Elizabeth Holtzman had lost the race for one of New York’s Senate seats. And then she sat down and wept. Three decades later, Kagan is the first female solicitor general of the United States and one of the leading candidates for President Barack Obama’s nomination to fill the seat of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who is due to retire when the court’s term...