<p>math majors are overlooked</p>
<p>Saying Actuarial Science is the highest paying major out of college is a little misleading. Aren't there 12 tests that you have to take in order to become one, and aren't they only offered twice each year?</p>
<p>Care to expand, COlsen?</p>
<p>Actually, it's not misleading. Many actuaries can start out around 60k.
And there are those tests, but if you know that you want to be an actuary, you can go to a school that has a great program in it (like University of Evansville) and start taking those tests while you're still in school. Each test/level you pass, you get a higher pay. It's definitely something to consider</p>
<h2>Saying Actuarial Science is the highest paying major out of college is a little misleading. Aren't there 12 tests that you have to take in order to become one, and aren't they only offered twice each year?</h2>
<p>There are 9 exams in total</p>
<p>However, most are taken while ON THE JOB</p>
<p>Most pass 2 or 3 before college graduation and get a job with 60k-70k+ starting salary straight out of college</p>
<p>Then when you have a job (typically as an "actuarial analyst"), you study for those last 6 or 7 exams outside work hours while getting paid at the same time</p>
<p>For each exam you pass you get like a 10k raise</p>
<p>Nursing majors.</p>
<p>International Studies. There is always an increasing demand of individuals for Foreign Service.</p>
<p>i will agree that international studies is overlooked, but that is because there is no demand.</p>
<p>International Relations is the largest major at my school (other than Undecided). I would hardly say that it is "overlooked."</p>
<p>Also, I thought the Foreign Service was relatively competitive--there are not enough jobs for the people applying.</p>
<p>nursing. pharmacy. anything in medicine is in demand but not really overlooked. people are just afraid of how hard it is.</p>
<p>^^many are also put off by how "managed care" in health industry requires reams of paper work and distances "providers" from attending to people and reduces income potential from the career.</p>