hey everyone, i know this does not relate to college admission, but i really would like to know if anyone out there who has the most current ranking to the “hottest field” or major that provides the best income after college. I am really interested in electrical engineering and possibly business, but apparently, lots of my mom’s friends’ daughter/son (even those went to standford) couldn’t find jobs with electrical engineering major. As everyone here probably knows, the outsourcing is a major problem, i’m very concerned about choosing EE as my future career, anybody has any suggestion? or links to some website?
<p>it's really hard with engineering, but civil has the most job stability, the really specific "field-within-a-field" have less stability, like aerospace/aeronautical and metallurgical</p>
<p>My advice is that you shouldn't necessarily choose a marjor based on the salary you can potentially make right out of college. With that in mind, engineering is in fact the highest paying major right out of undergraduate college. But of course outsourcing hurts your chances of actually landing a lucrative engineering job. Business-related majors like accounting or management information systems are the next highest paying jobs right out of college. Then of course there's I-Banking, which pays a substantial base salary along with bonuses based on your performance. Common majors for I-Banking are Finance or Economics. </p>
<p>Hands down, the highest paying degree you can get after undergrad. and grad. school is obvoiusly a medical degree. On average, 8 or 9 out of the 10 highest paying professions are medical professions. But one should never pursue a medical degree with the intent of making a lot of money. The link below provides the salaries of some of the college majors I mentioned; it's based on 2002: </p>
<p>thanks a lot, the reason i'm concerned with the undergrad major is 1st of all, i don't want my mom's 10 yrs or saving to pay for my college tuition, if i get a loan, i definatley need a stable job (lucrative salary) that can pay off the debt in the future. 2nd of all, i like many things, business and engineering seem to be the most interesting ones of all.</p>
<p>ok Stanford undergraduate engineering students without jobs is a rarity( and hard to believe) . Outsourcing currently applies to computer science not EE apply with confidence!</p>
<p>hard to believe, well it's the truth, my mom's friend just moved from california to RTP, north carolina, and he told my mom that 2 of his friends, 1 went to MIT, another just graduate from standford, it's been 7 months, he still hasn't found a job, i know the outsourcing is mainly the software, but EE is getting closer. i know in China, there're more and more EE, CE, IT graduates, which means more and more american engineering firms are moving to china</p>
<p>This occurence isn't too surprising. Afterall, companies are looking for any possible way to reduce the costs of labor. I was told that a surefire way of avoiding the threat of having your job outsourced is to go into a profession that requires some sort of U.S. required certification or licensing. Obvious professions would be law, medicine, CPA's for accountants, and some others. </p>
<p>I think the general trend is that techincal jobs and information analysis will increasingly be outsourced. But if you're interested in the corporate world, then your best bet would be to look for jobs that are more related to management or something that would be logistically impractical to outsource.</p>
<p>Engineering is the best</p>