most in-demand jobs/majors/careers?

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<p>Just a desperate plea from an undecided gal who decides to ask here instead of searching online or checking newstands. hah.</p>

<p>What are your people's opinions on the most lucrative majors and career paths? I am currently a senior and eagerly awaiting those college letters (UC's) and I want to have some direction so I'm not wasting my time when I get to college. Also, who's to say an in-demand job now is an in-demand job when we graduate? </p>

<p>Also, weighing careers vs. years in school....Obviously being a doctor is profitable but you have to go to so much school :(. Law is exciting and some lawyers make big bucks but it's a crapshoot, very competitive, no guarantees :(. My dad is a CPA and that's looking more appealing since you don't need to go to grad school but I don't know if I could deal with that kind of job for the rest of my life. </p>

<p>All I know is that I'm more liberal arts oriented versus hard sciences/math. I don't enjoy biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, geometry, etc. I DO enjoy history, english, literature, law, psychology, political science, government etc. I also am passionate about photography and web design.</p>

<p>Blehhh I'm confused and bewildered. I'm sure others are in the same boat?</p>

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<p>yeah.. i applied undeclared to pretty much all of my schools. I don't really think I want to go to grad school. my dad is also a cpa- it doesn't seem that hard, you get decent money and it's fairly easy to move up. but i also want my work to be something i enjoy. try not to worry about it and when you get to college just see what interests you... even though it's really hard to do that at ucs if you want to graduate in 4 yrs.</p>

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<p>Most lucrative college degrees 2004</p>

<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/pf/college/starting_salaries/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/pf/college/starting_salaries/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/12/pf/college/degrees_jobs/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/12/pf/college/degrees_jobs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<ol>
<li>Accounting</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Mechanical Engineering</li>
<li>Business Admisnitration/Management</li>
<li>Economics/Finance</li>
<li>Computer Science</li>
<li>Computer Engineering</li>
<li>Marketing/Marketing Management</li>
<li>Chemical Engineering</li>
<li>Information Sciences and Systems</li>
</ol>

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<p>Sure, all of the jobs mentioned give a good starting salary, but you have to look at the growth too. Take engineering for example: it is notorious for having a high starting salary but for plateauing around 80k-100k.</p>

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<p>bartending</p>

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<p>Accounting is suppose to explode within the next few years with huge pay increases. </p>

<p>jer0d</p>

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<p>Perhaps graphic design/computer animation/etc. It's not the most lucrative, but it wouldn't be the most impossible thing to find a job in.</p>

<p>For a long time, I had really considered being a graphic artist and the job prospects are better than people might think. Businesses always need web designers, people to design their logos, letterheads, business cards, and of course there's the large scale stuff as well.</p>

<p>Just wanted to put in a plug for graphic design and to say not to rule it out just yet.</p>

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<p>bumpinggggggg</p>

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<p>i'm confused...what do you need to do to become a CPA or take the CPA test... my dad has a Bachelor's of Science in Business Admin with Major in Accounting (ya..long name). So if you want to become an accountant, you need a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration? Is there a such thing as like Bachelor's of Accounting? ie for UCSB it says Bachelor's of Arts in Business Economics with this paranthesis (Accounting). </p>

<p>p.s. i found this great resource:
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics<br>
Occupational Outlook Handbook
<a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>How about translators? That's about as a sure job as you can get: teaching, court work, CIA (they desperately need them), etc.</p>

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<p>Accounting and engineering are in high demand.</p>

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<p>Don't dig yourself into a hole. Do some exploring. Get yourself lost. Be assured that what was hot 10,20,30,40,50 years ago, isn't hot today and certaintly will not be hot tomorrow. Be prepared to change.</p>

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<p>Translators... depends on the languages you translate. Basically all of them work for the Indo-European family.... way too much. If you decide to translate, go for those African languages or those Asian languages (not oriental ones.)</p>

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<p>be a dentist, then specialize. dental school admissions aren't as competitive as med schools(it doesn't actually matter which school you get into, just anyone. there are no rankings, and the education is the same at all of them). seriously, some dentists work 2-3 days a week and make good money off of it. plus, if you like business, you'll have the pleasure of running your own practice. lots of dentists get really, really rich by investing in real estate or something, since they have so much free time and a lot of money to spare. lots of potential in dentistry, just hindered by the fact that saying you're a dentist won't impress anyone.</p>

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<p>AceRockolla: why aren't there rankings for dental schools? how many years is dental school?</p>

<p>"just hindered by the fact that saying you're a dentist won't impress anyone." - i'm pretty impressed with dentists. my dentist is amazing and very wealthy. and plus they ARE doctors, doctors of dentistry.</p>