<p>Because I am interested in MSE, Chemistry, Economics, or anything really. On another thread they said engineers aren't in it for the money because there are far better paying majors, what are these exactly?</p>
<p>maybe Finance?</p>
<p>[UC</a> Berkeley career center survey of recent graduates](<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm]UC”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm)</p>
<p>According to the above, Computer Science (Letters and Science) and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Engineering) appear to have the highest entry level pay. (Other engineering majors do not have as good prospects, and the EECS majors with jobs report mostly software development type jobs that emphasize CS over EE.)</p>
<p>However, Business Administration appears to have the best ratio of “employed” / “seeking employment” (i.e. not including “grad school” and “other”).</p>
<p>Or is this just mostly UC Berkley?</p>
<p>Not necessarily majors, but rather jobs.</p>
<p>Business degrees and engineering degrees both have unlimited potential, but engineering starts higher.</p>
<p>Majors don’t make any money, people make money.</p>
<p>Aren’t business degrees very difficult to find good paying jobs with? I’m talking about comparing against the $50k+ entry level jobs of comp. sci. and engineering.</p>
<p>A biology major makes good money if hes a radiologist. He doesn’t make good money if he doesn’t have a job. An engineering major can make from $0/year (unemployed) to $27,000,000/per (Rex Tillerson).</p>
<p>If you’re looking for average starting salary out of undergrad by degree and average mid career salaries by undergrad degree you can easily find that with a Google search. Actually check out this [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1078479-20-worst-best-paying-college-degrees-2010-a.html]thread[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1078479-20-worst-best-paying-college-degrees-2010-a.html]thread[/url</a>]. 7 of the top 10 are engineering degrees.</p>
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<p>you_eh, including stock and stock options, the figure is a lot higher than $27 million/year for a fair share of executives with undergraduate engineering backgrounds.</p>
<p>engineering is by far the best major if you think about it doctors make the most money right? NO… because if you calculate the years spent in school, student loans etc the doctors will be way behind the engineers who start making good money 1st year out of undergrad… no finance majors may make more money but its very competitive and the job security is just not there like engineering and theres no other majors that make what engineers make its by far the best major for job stability and pay…</p>
<p>People who go into top finance and consulting jobs (i.e. IBanking, hedge funds, venture capital) earn WAY more money than engineers, even those at top firms like Google. The issue is that breaking into finance/consulting is a function of where you complete your undergraduate, not what you study at that university. So an English major at Yale can work as an analyst at a hedge fund and make a lot of money.</p>
<p>Math and physics majors can compete with engineering majors in the salary field. CS majors at some schools beat engineering majors for pay.</p>
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Define unlimited potential</p>
<p>Math and Physics, but how about other sciences like Chemistry or Materials Science (not engineering).</p>
<p>Chem Undegrad degree=glorified bottle washer.</p>
<p>haha… definitely stay away from Chemistry if you’re “in it for the money.”</p>
<p>I think people have to look at salaries RELATIVE to other factors as far as competition, work environment and stress.</p>
<p>Sure someone working in hedge funds makes more than engineers. Then again, that same person needs a 3.99999 GPA from a Top-10 school, 101 extra-curricular activities, 10 recommendations AND beat out 10,000 other applicants for the same position.</p>
<p>Business majors who make more than engineers are going to be asked the name of their “B-School” first and either have to beat out 10,000 other applicants or think of some business idea that makes money.</p>
<p>With engineering or computer science, if you are in the right high-demand area…all you need is a B.S. degree from a state school. No beating out 10,000 other applicants, no 60-hour work weeks and your boss/supervisor treats you good because you can leave the company and go work for another competitor the next day.</p>
<p>People that work in hedge funds work way more than 60 hours a week. I don’t know why people rarely look at the actual hourly rate of pay and the opportunity costs. Its econ 101.</p>
<p>I thought Biology and Chemistry are used as a means of getting into med school.</p>
<p>Global Traveler - you do make some sense in your post ^^^^^^</p>