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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article in magazine section of Sunday NY Times talks about how value of a college degree keeps decreasing and how we are all going to be replaced by someone in Asia who works for $1.75/hour. Heck, even lawyers are having their work outsourced. So what would you tell someone to major in, assuming they could reasonably learn the material? I know, it would be great if this was the 1970s and you could major in philosophy and sociology and still get into a corporate training program but that day disappeared with black and white TV's. So what would you recommend?[/quote] STEM, something that produces a product or fixes a problem. Lawyers are still around because the US is built from profiting off of litigation and all of our elected officials are lawyers or pander to them to write laws for more litigation money. These are undergraduate degrees. If you were to think about including grad degrees, medicine and law would be on top also. [size=18]Highest-Earning Majors[/size] Mining and Mineral Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Electrical Engineering Chemical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Mathematics and Computer Sciences Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration Petroleum Engineering [size=18]Lowest-Earning Majors[/size] Health and Medical Preparatory Programs Visual and Performing Arts Communication-Disorders Sciences and Services Studio Arts Drama and Theater Arts Social Work Human Services and Community Organizations Theology and Religious Vocations Early-Childhood Education Counseling and Psychology Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2073703,00.html#ixzz1erqcTKZe [size=18]Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary - Full List [/size] [b]Starting Median Pay Mid-Career / Median Pay[/b] [list]Petroleum Engineering $97,900 / $155,000 Chemical Engineering $64,500 / $109,000 Electrical Engineering (EE) $61,300 / $103,000 Materials Science & Engineering $60,400 / $103,000 Aerospace Engineering $60,700 / $102,000 Computer Engineering (CE) $61,800 / $101,000 Physics $49,800 / $101,000 Applied Mathematics $52,600 / $98,600 Computer Science (CS) $56,600 / $97,900 Nuclear Engineering $65,100 / $97,800 Biomedical Engineering (BME) $53,800 / $97,800 Economics $47,300 / $94,700 Mechanical Engineering (ME) $58,400 / $94,500 Statistics $49,000 / $93,800 Industrial Engineering (IE) $57,400 / $93,100 Civil Engineering (CE) $53,100 / $90,200 Mathematics $47,000 / $89,900 Environmental Engineering $51,700 / $88,600 Management Information Systems (MIS) $51,000 / $88,200 Software Engineering $54,900 / $87,800 Finance $46,500 / $87,300 Government $41,400 / $87,300 Construction Management $50,200 / $85,200 Supply Chain Management $50,200 / $84,700 Biochemistry (BCH) $41,700 / $84,700 Industrial Design (ID) $44,400 / $84,400 Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) $55,100 / $84,300 Food Science $43,300 / $83,700 International Business $41,600 / $83,700 Civil Engineering Technology (CET) $46,600 / $83,300 Geology $45,300 / $83,300 Computer Information Systems (CIS) $47,900 / $83,100 Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) $51,600 / $81,200 Molecular Biology $40,500 / $81,200 Chemistry $42,000 / $80,900 Film Production $41,600 / $80,700 Political Science (PolySci) $39,900 / $80,100 Biotechnology $40,800 / $79,900 International Relations $40,500 / $79,400 Occupational Health and Safety $46,400 / $79,000 American Studies $43,400 / $78,600 Information Technology (IT) $48,300 / $78,500 Industrial Technology (IT) $48,100 / $78,400 Information Systems (IS) $48,300 / $78,100 Telecommunications $37,300 / $78,100 Urban Planning $41,500 / $78,000 Accounting $44,700 / $75,700 Philosophy $39,800 / $75,600 Zoology $38,000 / $75,200 Advertising $37,700 / $74,700 Architecture $41,500 / $74,400 Marketing & Communications $38,200 / $73,500 Literature $39,100 / $73,200 Fashion Design $36,300 / $72,400 Global & International Studies $37,800 / $72,000 Biology $37,900 / $71,900 Environmental Science $40,200 / $71,200 Linguistics $39,800 / $70,700 Business $41,000 / $70,500 Microbiology $38,500 / $70,100 Nursing $52,700 / $69,300 History $37,800 / $69,000 Public Administration $40,400 / $68,900 Hotel Management $36,100 / $68,700 Forestry $41,500 / $67,200 Communications $38,000 / $66,900 Landscape Architecture $41,900 / $66,700 Geography $39,600 / $66,700 Journalism $36,100 / $66,400 Health Sciences $35,800 / $66,200 English $37,100 / $65,800 Public Relations (PR) $35,500 / $65,700 French $38,400 / $65,500 Sports Management $35,400 / $65,100 Liberal Arts $37,800 / $63,200 Anthropology $35,600 / $63,200 Human Resources (HR) $37,900 / $62,600 Organizational Management (OM) $42,300 / $61,900 Agriculture $38,600 / $61,500 Psychology $35,000 / $61,300 Medical Technology $45,100 / $60,900 Health Care Administration $36,700 / $60,900 Sociology $36,100 / $60,500 Radio & Television $35,000 / $60,000 Hospitality & Tourism $35,900 / $59,500 Visual Communication $35,600 / $59,000 Criminal Justice $35,300 / $58,900 Fine Arts $35,900 / $58,600 Spanish $36,400 / $58,400 Interior Design $34,300 / $58,200 Humanities $34,900 / $57,800 Horticulture $39,600 / $57,300 Theater $34,700 / $57,300 Music $36,800 / $57,200 Graphic Design $35,600 / $56,500 Fashion Merchandising $36,800 / $56,300 Dietetics $41,500 / $56,100 Education $36,800 / $54,700 Kinesiology $34,200 / $54,600 Photography $32,900 / $54,500 Nutrition $38,600 / $54,400 Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) $36,300 / $54,400 Exercise Science $33,100 / $54,400 Social Science $36,600 / $54,300 Drama $37,800 / $54,200 Multimedia and Web Design $40,400 / $53,900 Animal Science $33,800 / $53,700 Paralegal/ Law $35,300 / $53,500 Art History $38,300 / $53,300 Art $35,300 / $52,400 Theology $35,600 / $52,000 Public Health (PH) $35,500 / $51,700 Athletic Training $34,600 / $50,200 Religious Studies $32,900 / $49,700 Recreation & Leisure Studies $34,500 / $49,100 Special Education $34,300 / $47,800 Culinary Arts $29,900 / $46,800 Social Work (SW) $32,200 / $44,300 Elementary Education $32,400 / $44,000 Child and Family Studies $29,600 / $40,500 [/list][/quote]
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