Degrees that will get you hired before you complete the degree

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<p>Hello, </p>

<p>I am about as desperate for money as you can get right now. I am EXTREMELY poor and I really need money now! I have been poor for about 6 years and I'm getting sick and tired of it! What are degrees that will get me hired and make a substantial amount of money while I am working on the degree? </p>

<p>For instance, I have strongly considered a computer science degree because I'm told that you could get a programming job part time for colleges and businesses and whatnot while you are trying to earn the rest of your degree and get paid $12-15 an hour for it. Apparently you can do this with computer science once you have taken up to the "data structures" class. I've also considered getting an accounting degree because I heard once you take a certain number of classes that you can get a job as an accounting clerk before you even finish the degree.</p>

<p>I don't have the luxury of going to school full-time because I am very poor and having to support myself working dead-end jobs. I have already received my A.A. but it was in psychology and I am now working on getting a B.A. or B.S. degree. I WILL NOT BE DOING PSYCHOLOGY THOUGH. Also, I am not considering engineering or nursing because those are limited access programs and would be hard to get into in my school. In addition I don't want to go and get an A.S. because financial aid will only pay for a bachelors degree at this point and would consider getting an A.S. degree like getting another A.A. basically. Please give me your advice.</p>

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<p>You could always learn employable skills while you go to school, like web design/development. That would probably get you a job more quickly than computer science would. If your AA is in psychology, then you probably have about a year of prerequisite courses until you can take computer science classes. GlobalTraveller probably can answer this better than I</p>

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<p>@Dreburden</p>

<p>Yeah I know, that’s why I was sort of shying away from computer science. I just need money now!</p>

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<p>become a tutor. depending on how in demand the subject is, and how experienced you are, it can pay 12-15 an hour too.</p>

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<p>@vienneselights</p>

<p>Interesting. So then it would be pretty advantageous for me to study computer science then because then I could wind up tutoring physics and math?</p>

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<p>well, one would hope that you are able to tutor high school/freshman level physics and math already…</p>

<p>one assumes that, upon the receipt of a degree, you would go on to bigger and greater things…</p>