<p>I know this is a bit shallow, but I want to major in something that would get me an EXTREMELY high-paying job. </p>
<p>How is business management/administration for this? and what about economics?</p>
<p>i don't want to do anything science or medical related...i'm not that type of person and wouldn't want to dedicate my life to it.</p>
<p>thanks so much
-Melanie</p>
<p>just become a stripper/prostitute/professional athlete, you dont even need college for that actually</p>
<p>Oh, come on, I'm being serious. I had to live my childhood being pretty poor, and I just want to make sure I get a good job and good payment.</p>
<p>just rob several banks and you'll never have to worry about cash again</p>
<p>but really idk much about business except that it is EXTREMELY competitive it becomes difficult to guarantee yourself an extremely high paying job with a business major unless you go to a top business school (Stern, Sloan, Wharton, etc.)</p>
<p>but maybe your definition of an extremely high paying job is different from mine... what type of salary are you looking for?</p>
<p>at least 100k-200k an year</p>
<p>business lawyer sounds good. or a CEO of company, you can probably use your biz management skills there.</p>
<p>100-200K a year... hmm... that's really a very large sum... not many fields have jobs where the average salary is that high... especially ones that are not medical related...</p>
<p>well like konadian said you could always go into law but that would mean you'd have to go to law school for a couple extra years after college... and even then you wouldn't be making 100K/year unless you went to an elite law school...</p>
<p>there's also the CEO route, i don't know much about this but i'd bet anything that it would take a very long time for most people to get to that high of a position within a company it would take A LOT of very stressful work...</p>
<p>you could go do some sort of business major and go into i-banking, i don't know much about that just that it's extremely competitive and a tough field to land a job in... and i heard the hours are HEAVY...</p>
<p>you could become an accountant and if you play your cards right you might make over 100K in around 10 years...</p>
<p>open up your own small business. again very hard work, lots of hours usually...</p>
<p>Actuaries usually end up making over 100K after a decade or so...</p>
<p>there's always engineering... a lot of engineers eventually get over 100K... but that's heavy science, i guess you don't want to do that...</p>
<p>that's all i can think of for now...</p>
<p>Personal Investment and Entreprenuership with Passive Income.</p>
<p>That's the way to make money without much work and you can major in most anything.</p>
<p>Go corporate. You'd have to sell your soul...but you may earn enough money to buy it back!</p>
<p>"Personal Investment and Entreprenuership with Passive Income."</p>
<p>umm... what is passive income? lol...</p>
<p>Incoe where you do nothing and you get money. Examples include landlording.</p>
<p>I think he means investing and owning things and reaping the rewards. But, by the way, it's pretty hard to start doing that stuff right out of college.</p>
<p>it's nearly impossible to make 200k with just a bachelors degree</p>
<p>be an actuary...the people that work for insurance companies and tell people when they're going to die. They make LOADS!</p>
<p>you do know that i'm going to get a bachelors, masters, AND phd right? so i think its pretty much POSSIBLE to make 200k</p>
<p>Just major in what you like, and if you like many things, it makes the choice easier. Sure economics may be an excellent money maker (I don't know, I'm just using this as an example), but if you suck at it and find it boring, what'll you get out of it (and what will your GPA get out of it for that matter?)? If you weren't a math/science person, would you major in supermega condensed matter physics? There is no requirement for a law degree, and many of the highest paying jobs in will take people who did well in their math/physics majors and also chemistry majors (philosophy I think can also be good, especially for LSATs). Why? Because they know that these majors were extremely difficult (physics vs sociology anyone?) and these people will learn the fastest. That's not to say that the majors in more of a liberal arts category are bad though. It really depends on what you like.</p>
<p>just make sure you dont focus completely on the money....after all....making 200,000 a year and being miserable definitly isnt worth it. If you're into math i would also suggest being an actuary.</p>
<p>YOUR hard work, skills, talent, and determination will determine your salary after college. Not your major. That's the real world. No degree is success on a silver platter.</p>
<p>You could easily live just as comfortably at 100k or 75k as at 200k. Major matters suprisingly little.</p>