Help with deciding on what to major in (options included).

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<p>Let me start off by saying the following.</p>

<p>1.) I don't have any passions when it comes to careers, so I'm going for good salary and low unemployment rates.
2.) I repeat, I am only concerned with the practicality of my major.
3.) My options are limited, as I'm going to be attending Shepherd University, a college that mainly offers degrees in liberal arts. I'm going here because it's 20 minutes driving distance from where I live. I'm not willing to change my college; I don't have the money to go anywhere else.</p>

<p>Alright. I've always been pretty good in everything at school, but I've never really had anything I've been super passionate about. So I need your help in deciding on a major! My options are very limited, as the college I'm attending is more of a liberal arts college than anything. I'm interested in a high salary, and low unemployment rates. My options are as follows (these are all of the B.S.'s that they offer at Shepherd):</p>

<p>• Accounting Comprehensive, B.S.
• Biology, B.S.
• Business Administration, B.S.
• Chemistry, B.S.
• Computer and Information Sciences Comprehensive, B.S.
• Computer and Information Technology Comprehensive, B.S.
• Computer Engineering Comprehensive, B.S.
• Economics, B.S.
• Environmental Studies Comprehensive, B.S.
• Family and Consumer Sciences, B.S.
• Mathematics Comprehensive, B.S.
• Political Science, B.S.
• Recreation and Leisure Studies Comprehensive, B.S.
• Sociology, B.S.</p>

<p>I have no clue where to start. I've tried doing research, but there's so much on the web, and I don't know what's reliable. What do you guys think I should major in? I'm seriously only interested in high wages and a great job outlook. I know that I keep saying that, but I find that a lot of people are put off by my "only in it for the money" attitude, and try to lecture me into doing something I love to do. But I really don't have anything that I'd -love- to do, so I don't think that what I major in is going to affect my happiness. I'm a practical person. I want a job that pays my bills, lol.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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Off the top of my head, you can try googling ‘careers with lowest unemployment’ or something similar and then view the BLS website for those careers and see what types of education the people usually receive to get into those careers.</p>

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I would suggest any combination of major and minor in the above, as traditionally these have fostered the starting of more stable career fields in business and technology (without having to obtain higher degrees like you would with Biology or Chemistry if you wanted to go into a health career or be a doctor or something).</p>

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<p>Accounting or Economics or Math all have low unemployment and have been on the top paying job lists lately. Math is most desirable since you can later specialize in fields to make more money: you can stay with applied math (math), do statistics, or actuary which all can pay extremely well. I did accounting BA thought I would go into taxes for money, next for me is math. Accounting is hard to get recruited by the large firms that pay more money- starting salary usually 50,000 big4: without high GPA, having at least 150 credits, or CPA/connections.</p>