useful majors

[ilikepizza]

<p>what are some of the useful majors that tend to have a very high % of employment after graduation?</p>

[Stratusfaction]

<p>Art History and Message Therapy.</p>

[MNstudent1]

<p>I’d guess accounting</p>

[Yankees20]

<p>high % of employment? that might be different from useful… you can major in something like accounting and engineering basically be guaranteed a job but there’s not much room for advancement, there’s a salary ceiling if you keep doing the same thing</p>

[imdamoos]

<p>Probably the technical fields that you wouldn’t go to college for, but to a technical school.</p>

[Propane]

<p>Computer Science is a rapidly expanding field.</p>

[cardinal2014]

<p>You mean after only a bachelor’s degree, right?</p>

<p>computer science, most types of engineering, finance, accounting.</p>

<p>a masters/PhD would help with any comp sci or engineering degree. but that’s engineering: it’s not easy to get a high GPA, it’s a difficult four years of undergrad, but once you graduate, you should be able to get a job. </p>

<p>yankees20 is right, there is a salary ceiling. however, the ceiling is pretty high, I think the median is around 90-100k/year for engineers/computer scientists.</p>

[zchryevns]

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a masters/PhD would help with any comp sci or engineering degree.

Not exactly true. Many engineering firms prefer those with a Bachelor’s or Master’s over someone with PhD; since jobs in engineering require finishing large projects in a timely manner, a researcher isn’t necessarily the best choice.</p>

[tedtron]

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Not exactly true. Many engineering firms prefer those with a Bachelor’s or Master’s over someone with PhD; since jobs in engineering require finishing large projects in a timely manner, a researcher isn’t necessarily the best choice.

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<p>Haha. Also real engineering is learned on the job, not at school, so there really is not a need to go for a PhD. Hence, the importance of internships.</p>

[that1guyy]

<p>Big No to accounting. My uncle’s a big accountant and has faced unemployment for almost two years now, do not major in accounting or finance.</p>

[BioAnthroPsych]

<p>“Art History and Message Therapy.” – You are too funny! – Art history is porbably the worst for employment. </p>

<p>The best are probably accounting and a combination of engineering/business (double major). Now, if you’re going to an Ivy League, any will do most likely :)</p>

[RioBravo]

<p>Accounting still gets high job placement rates at my uni. That1guyy, could be that he’s having trouble with getting a job because a lot of firms like to hire young accountants who can still be wooed by salaries that seem huge to them, even if their work weeks are very long.</p>

<p>I echo the other statements in this thread. Accounting, engineering, computer-related majors, finance (from a uni that’s recruited from especially) and probably most if not all the hard sciences.</p>

[iluvpiano]

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“Art History and Message Therapy.” – You are too funny! – Art history is porbably the worst for employment.

Yeah, I laughed when I read that too!</p>

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I echo the other statements in this thread. Accounting, engineering, computer-related majors, finance (from a uni that’s recruited from especially) and probably most if not all the hard sciences.

Yep that sounds correct, I agree!</p>

[ucbalumnus]

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[BowTieFratty]

<p>RHIM - it is seriously almost always the top for employment after graduation… but do you really want to work in a hotel or restaurant?</p>