<p>My post above was not a sample, it was the entire population: all Physics majors graduating from Tech.</p>
<p>I’ll repeat:</p>
<p>Spring 2009: 50% hired at an average salary of $35,000
Spring 2008: 17% hired at an average salary of $36,500
Spring 2007: 0% hired </p>
<p>As for a physics major that made it big, should we consider the overused examples of Bill Gates and Michael Dell? Both dropped out of college and became multi-billionaires. Maybe that’s what we should suggest to the OP…</p>
<p>There’s a reason that most of the Physics majors at Tech double major in either engineering or management.</p>