<p>I am going to university and I need to choose a program to study. </p>
<p>I want a realistic career (ie not CEO or celebrity), that pays a lot.</p>
<p>Also, I am not interested in anything that has to do with biology (ie doctor) or law.</p>
<p>I am considering a career in engineering or math or business.</p>
<p>Could anyone recommend me a program to choose in University and possible careers that will almost gurantee a job and good pay good?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>petroleum engineering</p>
<p>but really, you sound like some foreign kid that studies all day and only cares about prestige so you don't forsake your family name..... ENJOY YOUR LIFE.</p>
<p>Computer engineering. The gap between the amount of knowledge we as a people are accumulating and what we are able to retain is growing exponentially on nearly a daily basis. Accessing the information is key to utilizing it and computers are the only way to interface between humans and the info we rake up.</p>
<p>I second petroleum engineering, but the lifestyle isn't for everyone.</p>
<p>the OP doesn't seem to care about lifestyle.</p>
<p>If you work as a petroleum engineer, you most likely won't be working in an office environment that a typical electrical/computer/mechanical engineer would work in. You'll be out in the field a lot, traveling to different areas.</p>
<p>Engineering has a high starting salary initially, but you can't go as high as you'd like, unless you pursue a MS. Another option is an engineering degree and a MBA - that can earn you lots of money, depending on your location/MBA school/previous work experience/personality.</p>
<p>Most of the high paying jobs are in medicine, so you've restricted yourself a lot. I'm studying to be an EE and hopefully will get a MBA (which I'm banking on my future employer to pay for!).</p>
<p>Do more research, you dont need to be biology to be a doctor, you can major in anything and go to med school....</p>
<p>someone up there said alot of highpaying jobs are in medicine.... name a highpaying realistic career besides a doctor that pays high that is in medicine... and if you call 200k in loans a 7yr residency making only 40k a yeaar and a 5 yr fellowship untill you finally can work one your own, than having to build up your rep untill you can acually make over 200k a yr well paying, than go for it....</p>
<p>high starting salarys are in engineering, but as someone already said, there isnt much chance for improving your salary, 80k a year is pretty much the max on average. dont expect to ever make more than 75k though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tips</p>
<p>So what careers other than medicine related will pay more than 80k?</p>
<p>lawyer at top firm and IB-er, hedgefunder, private equity-er pay pretty well, maybe better than your standard doctors.</p>
<p>What type of college classes would someone to be a petroleum engineer</p>
<p>There are a number of undergraduate petroleum engineering programs out there. You can search for them here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abet.org/ABETWebsite.asp#area%5B/url%5D">http://www.abet.org/ABETWebsite.asp#area</a></p>
<p>And if you go to any of the listed school's website, you should be able to find more info on what type of classes you have to take to fulfill the major at that school. I found an example of UT-Austin's curriculum for you:</p>
<p>Texas A&M has the best program, I believe. </p>
<p>Be prepared to live in *<strong><em>ty places... my cousin lives in Birmingham Alabama after graduating from Texas A&M with PetE. There is money to be made, though, and the idea of being a field engineer seems pretty cool. I considered it for a while. Working for Schlumberger overseas seems like a pretty cool deal, especially considering you get paid more for overseas depending on how dangerous the country is, and nothing costs *</em></strong> to live there so its like you're a millionaire.</p>
<p>lol, I actually know a petroleum engineer who works in Nigeria. The guy lives in a mansion because as taffy mentioned life's cheaper in developing countries.
I hear it's somewhat dangerous working in Nigerian oil though what with the strife, violence, political corruption, and oil induced greed.</p>
<p>why isnt anyone saying ibanking? you get like 60k salary and average bonus is ~200k right out of college for top firms...</p>
<p>what skills does a petroleum engineer need? What would one study in college?</p>
<p>you get like 60k salary and average bonus is ~200k right out of college for top firms...</p>
<p>I believe the average bonus is closer to 50k, but you're right that IBanking is extremely lucrative. But I think nobody's mentioned it is cause you're also not going to get one of these positions at a top firm unless you go to a top-notch undergrad that's known for finance (it's one of the few fields were UG is far, far more important than Grad), and I'm assuming that is not the case for John5170.</p>
<p>y is it not the case for me?</p>
<p>and how can ug be more important than grad?</p>
<p>because you probably don't go to Penn.</p>
<p>Because if you're considering a path in science/business it's unlikely you're going to a heavily recruited school for finance. For finance UG is the most important because it sets you up with a network and a lot of firms only heavily recruit from <8 schools (don't be fooled by what they say on their sites, oftentimes there's only one spot available for a lot of the universities they "recruit" from). A lot of successful bankers don't even bother getting MBAs because pay is so performance-based anyways and it's not worth it.</p>
<p>Also, you pretty much have to know for sure what you want cause IB is cutthroat and I know at least at my school where it's a major focus the competition is intense.</p>
<p>Look into being an actuary.</p>
<p>It is very, very math-oriented, and after you graduate you have to pass 10 rigorous exams over the next eight to ten years. However, if you enjoy solving problems, it's very interesting, and you get to sit at a desk and work with other intelligent people. The pay can be as high as $200K to $300K if you're really good.</p>