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Most lucrative college degrees
Here is a list of the current most lucrative college degrees . I attached the list.
There was some discussion about how lucrative a degree in economics was. Economics\finance is number 6. I don't know why they put them together. Maybe they are about the same. I have a BA in Economics and I'm going back for a degree in Accounting, which is number 5 and on the rise.
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May 8, 2003, 14:02
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How do I UL the chart?
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May 8, 2003, 14:04
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Job experience is more important IMO... a degree is just a piece of paper... helpful nonetheless, but not the most important thing to shoot for
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May 8, 2003, 14:04
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I'm amused the Electical Engineers are at the top of the list, yet my close friend, who is an Electrical Engineer, lost his job months ago (with zero warning) and has yet to find a new one.
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May 8, 2003, 14:05
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If you can get that experience without a degree you're lucky.
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May 8, 2003, 14:06
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Originally posted by Kidicious
If you can get that experience without a degree you're lucky.
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persistent and hard-working...
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May 8, 2003, 14:07
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Geology never seems to make it onto any of these lists. 
Still, we stack up well with a starting salary of 37-40k.
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May 8, 2003, 14:07
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Electrical engineering is one of those where you have to keep retraining.
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I see CS is still on the downslide as the tech explosion finally becomes more sane. 
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May 8, 2003, 14:09
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CompSci 
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persistent and hard-working...
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In other words, in 20-30 years of hard work 
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Yup... Asher 
I have four friends with CS bachelor's... one who has a master's... they are all unemployed 
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In otherwords, in 20-30 years of hardwork
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nope... one of my best friends didn't finish his CS degree... he is now a co-owner of his own Network Consulting Company. I'd be working for him, but he moved to Minnesota. 
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Yup... Asher
I have four friends with CS bachelor's... one who has a master's... they are all unemployed
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I dunno, I've got a second interview monday morning for a $15/hr programming job, and I'm only half-done my undergrad...
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I have several friends who graduated with EE or Comp Sci degrees and I thought about it when I was in school. But the thought of spending the majority of my life chained to a desk in an office with flourecent lights just was to much for me. That would be hell.
Give me the great out doors and lots of cool rocks to look at. 
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I'm talking salaried jobs...
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Originally posted by Oerdin
Geology never seems to make it onto any of these lists.
Still, we stack up well with a starting salary of 37-40k.
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I know you guys have to do better than the history majors.
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May 8, 2003, 14:14
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I'm talking salaried jobs...
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A mon-fri, 9-5 wage-based job for good pay is just as well for me.
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May 8, 2003, 14:15
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Where is my degree? BS in BS
Actually, I don't think Chemical Engineers make too little I got a job with a starting salary higher than any of those. WTF
I would be interested to see an chart of avg. salary of those with those majors say 10 years down the road.
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A mon-fri, 9-5 wage-based job for good pay is just as well for me.
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I got a BA in Economics. While I started out making well below average income. Today I am way ahead of national averages.
I think degress like engineering and CS start out pretty well, but top out quickly. Social Science and most business degrees tend to gain value over time as you accumulate experience.
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nope... one of my best friends didn't finish his CS degree... he is now a co-owner of his own Network Consulting Company. I'd be working for him, but he moved to Minnesota.
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So he's unemployeed?  Seriously Sava, owning your own business is a different matter. Of course, a degree is irrelevant if you don't have to go to job interviews.
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I got a BA in Economics. While I started out making well below average income. Today I am way ahead of national averages.
I think degress like engineering and CS start out pretty well, but top out quickly. Social Science and most business degrees tend to gain value over time as you accumulate experience.
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What kind of work did you find? Did you get more training in addition?
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May 8, 2003, 14:18
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anyone any idea how marketing pays?
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I would be interested to see an chart of avg. salary of those with those majors say 10 years down the road.
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The Canadian government has all kinds of details on things like that, but for Canada only.
It has things like unemployment rates per degree after graduation and 10 years, salaries, benefits, etc.
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Nope, no extra training. I started out in consumer finance. Today I manage the State of Tennessee for a Fortune 500 mortgage company. High stress, but lots of fun.
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I think degress like engineering and CS start out pretty well, but top out quickly. Social Science and most business degrees tend to gain value over time as you accumulate experience.
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I would disagree from the anecdotal evidence alone from people I know.
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I would agree with Asher on that matter as well
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I started out with $40 per year and it goes up about 10% per year for the first four. At the fifth year you get to take the State Registration exam and if you pass then you can start making real money. 
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