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[quote=Anonymous]That's nice, UMd poster. But you lost my interest when you compared your school to others.

OP, to answer your question: the best undergraduate degree to give you job stability is a technical degree like engineering (I'd suggest mechanical, electrical, systems, or computer), accounting, nursing, or finance. With these degrees, you can get a job immediately out of college, or you can use them as a foundation for going into grad school. If you get a non-technical degree, you have to work harder to get a job right out of college (and compete with those that have techical degrees) and, if you want to go back to grad school, you'd be limited as to what to study (or have to go back to complete some hard  requirements - probably while you're balancing a low-paying demanding job and, possibly, family responsibilities).

I'd stay away from pure science (as opposed to applied science) undergrad degrees (like math, physics, biology, chemistry) unless you know for sure that you want get a grad degree. And even then, your employment options would be more limited than a mechanical engineering major.

Best of luck.[/quote]

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