Which Degrees Will Get You the HIGHEST Paying Job? Second in a Three Part Series
Engineers are at the top of their class for earnings.
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The debate is over, it has been confirmed that the highest earning college degrees are indeed the math majors and in particular the engineers and not the medical professionals as many have been led to believe.
In a research conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) under the directorship of Ed Koc, which collects data from 200 college career centers within the US, Petroleum Engineering emerged as being the highest earning college degree having the graduate starting off with an annual salary of roughly $83,121. This may also be attributed to the rarity of the commodity (oil)! These highly paid professionals derive their living from deducing ways of harnessing the rare commodity from below the earth’s surface after locating their reservoirs.
The second highly paid college degree is the Chemical Engineer majors, who manufacture plastics and power cells et cetera, earning a staggering $64,902 while the mining engineers scoop an average of $64,404 snatching the third most highly paid degree position.
Overview of the top 15 highest earning college degrees:
• Petroleum Engineering - $ 83,121
• Chemical Engineering - $64,902
• Mining Engineering - $64,404
• Computer Engineering - $61,738
• Computer Science - $61,407
• Electrical Engineering - $60,125
• Mechanical Engineering - $58,766
• Industrial Engineering - $58,358
• Systems Engineering - $57,438
• Engineering Technology - $56,447
• Actuarial Science - $ 56,320
• Aeronautical Engineering - $56,311
• Agricultural Engineering - $54,352
• Biomedical Engineering - $54,158
• Construction Management - $53,199
From the above, it is evident that computer science, actuarial science as well as construction management are the only non engineering high paying degrees. This goes to show just how much emphasis is laid out on math-related diplomas and degrees since such high salaries are as a result of very few graduates in the engineering field. The job market is very much affected by demand and supply and that is why arts oriented majors’ end up being lowly paid. This is because they tend to be very many in the job market. In essence only 4% of the college graduates are engineering majors while 16% are social sciences majors and another 16% being history majors.
Ed Koc states that, “Math is the crux of who gets paid…If you have those skills you are an extremely valuable asset. We don’t generate enough people like that in this country.”
To learn about the right degree program for you visit www.degree.com Many of these degree are available as on line study.
The debate is over, it has been confirmed that the highest earning college degrees are indeed the math majors and in particular the engineers and not the medical professionals as many have been led to believe.
In a research conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) under the directorship of Ed Koc, which collects data from 200 college career centers within the US, Petroleum Engineering emerged as being the highest earning college degree having the graduate starting off with an annual salary of roughly $83,121. This may also be attributed to the rarity of the commodity (oil)! These highly paid professionals derive their living from deducing ways of harnessing the rare commodity from below the earth’s surface after locating their reservoirs.
The second highly paid college degree is the Chemical Engineer majors, who manufacture plastics and power cells et cetera, earning a staggering $64,902 while the mining engineers scoop an average of $64,404 snatching the third most highly paid degree position.
Overview of the top 15 highest earning college degrees:
• Petroleum Engineering - $ 83,121
• Chemical Engineering - $64,902
• Mining Engineering - $64,404
• Computer Engineering - $61,738
• Computer Science - $61,407
• Electrical Engineering - $60,125
• Mechanical Engineering - $58,766
• Industrial Engineering - $58,358
• Systems Engineering - $57,438
• Engineering Technology - $56,447
• Actuarial Science - $ 56,320
• Aeronautical Engineering - $56,311
• Agricultural Engineering - $54,352
• Biomedical Engineering - $54,158
• Construction Management - $53,199
From the above, it is evident that computer science, actuarial science as well as construction management are the only non engineering high paying degrees. This goes to show just how much emphasis is laid out on math-related diplomas and degrees since such high salaries are as a result of very few graduates in the engineering field. The job market is very much affected by demand and supply and that is why arts oriented majors’ end up being lowly paid. This is because they tend to be very many in the job market. In essence only 4% of the college graduates are engineering majors while 16% are social sciences majors and another 16% being history majors.
Ed Koc states that, “Math is the crux of who gets paid…If you have those skills you are an extremely valuable asset. We don’t generate enough people like that in this country.”
To learn about the right degree program for you visit www.degree.com Many of these degree are available as on line study.
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