which college major= $$$?

<p>I had to ask. Are there any majors that score big bucks with only an undergrade degree? I ask because my dad talked to some old friend who's daughter is going to graduate for a semi-prestigious college w/ a degree in poli sci.... he think she's not gonna be able to find a decent job and wants to me to major in biology (i LOVE bio and will probably major in it anyway) cuz he thinks it will make me more money... Is that true? I dont think it is unless I go to med school or something... </p>

<p>Well, sorry, I went off on a tangent there but I'd just like some opinions. What majors get college grad the most money?</p>

<p>I have a degree in poli sci, and I got good job offers out of undergrad.</p>

<p>Of course engineers make more though...</p>

<p>your dad is trying to trick you... with the bio major under your belt he thinks you might think about med school when you get older... and a bio degree is a good launching pad towards it...</p>

<p>Either A) you will be successful in another field B) you are too naive right now to understand that if you don't have a plan in life yet it's time to get on the medical school bandwagon unless you want to work a dead end job for the rest of your life</p>

<p>I think you are the latter... so do yourself a favor and major in biology.... take the MCAT.... go to your state medical school.... and make big bucks...</p>

<p>^ I completely disagree - please don't do that.
I know I have a totally romanticized view on this, but I am of the opinion that if you don't like what you are doing in life, you will be miserable, and therefore you should find something you enjoy and do that, whether it makes you a millionaire or not. Hopefully you will realize as you get older that there is so much more to life than making money, so much more to college than getting a 4.0, etc etc etc.</p>

<p>With a bio degree you would be a technician or a salesperson - sales being great if you are good at it!</p>

<p>Bio is the longest route to a decent job - grad school AND post doc before you get any respect.</p>

<p>Good job right out of school means the professions: e.g., engineering.</p>

<p>Frank</p>

<p>Pharmacy? I think that's only 5 years</p>

<p>pharmacy's actually 6 years. but it does get you a lot of money right after graduation. with a Pharm.D. degree, you can pretty much be guaranteed to have a high paying job as soon as you enter the workforce</p>

<p>What would you be happy to do everyday? You can't buy that.</p>

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B) you are too naive right now to understand that if you don't have a plan in life yet it's time to get on the medical school bandwagon unless you want to work a dead end job for the rest of your life</p>

<p>I think you are the latter... so do yourself a favor and major in biology.... take the MCAT.... go to your state medical school.... and make big bucks...

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<p>Yeah don't listen to this person. Not sure what their motivation was for posting that. I think we all know that when we first go to college we're always at least a little undecided about what to do in life. So I don't think that means that someone is naive but rather someone who is simply a normal college student.</p>

<p>Listen masha, first of all stop letting other people or other factors control your destiny in life. You can choose whatever you want for your major. Don't let your dad choose what your professional life will be. Heck, don't let us choose what it will be. You decide. Do you really want to do Biology? Pretend your dad never made the suggestion. Do you still want to do it?</p>

<p>I've always been a big believer in choosing what you will enjoy doing in life even if it doesn't earn the best bucks. Who gives a **** about money when it comes to satisfaction in life? We're talking about your own life here. You're going to let money control what you do in life? That would be absurd.</p>

<p>I'm in Computer Science which does earn some bucks (maybe not as much as other fields), but most of all I love it. I am motivated to wake up every morning and go to class and get the most out of it. Because I love the field. I also love Philosophy so I get the most out of those classes as well. See, it really is about what you want, not just what earns "big bucks".</p>

<p>I guess this is aimed at any undecided people and not just masha. I hope this helps.</p>

<p>Engineering, esp biomedical, nanotechnology, and chemical. Aronautical and Nuclear are good to but you are pretty much limitted to Ann Arbor or Madison for Nuclear. Starting salaries for those straight out of college is upwards of $60,000 and plenty of room for advancement, esp if u have management skills.</p>

<p>clearly the best major is bioweapons, Al-Quaeda and other terrorist organizations are seeking top skilled biochemical majors</p>

<p>just kidding, but you could study bioweapons and work for the gov.</p>

<p>there's only how much you can rise with a pharamacy degree. Head Pharamacist? and umm.. Senior Pharamacist?</p>

<p>Just do yourself a favor and major in what you love the most. It's better to be poorer yet doing something you truly enjoy OVER struggling to do something else just for more money.</p>

<p>Ya, do it for the love. Want to be an overworked, depressed doctor or making good (or at least decent) money doing something you love? Don't overemphasize money/possesions; when you do, you become Edward Norton in Fight Club, sans the cool alter-ego.</p>

<p>If your greedy for money, then forget college. Just start up a company.</p>

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If your greedy for money, then forget college. Just start up a company.

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hehe, unless your parents or any close relatives are already rich, good luck finding the capital for that. ;)</p>

<p>Pharmicists do more than hand out drugs. I dont know anything about Pharmacy, but thats what my cousin told me.</p>

<p>Being a pharmacist is alot harder than alot of people think. Its one of the hardest things to do in college. This is the reason they make close to $100K a year.</p>

<p>"What would you be happy to do everyday? You can't buy that."</p>

<p>Unless what makes you happy takes a ton of money. When you love horses and photography (two things that just eat up an insane amount of money if you want to do them at any decent level for any decent amount of time) you have to have a job that makes money or you can't do what you love.</p>

<p>Within retail pharmacy, a pharmacist can go from a store pharmacist, to a pharmacist in charge (head store pharmacist), to a pharmacy district manager (where you oversee a region's stores) and then further up the corporate ladder where your job becomes more and more managerial. One of the reasons for the high starting salaries is that retail pharmacy is a bit of a grueling job in some places--large stores require you to work long hours (12-14 a day) and you a treated rather poorly by customers during most of it. </p>

<p>You are not, however, limited to retail pharmacy, though--lots of pharmacists work in research, pharmaceutical sales and mail order pharmacies.</p>