<p>Finance, Pharmacy, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Business, economics.</p>
<p>The one you enjoy the most.</p>
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The one you enjoy the most.
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She/he asked for the best job outlook.</p>
<p>Thanks, xSteven -- I can read.</p>
<p>My initial sentiment stands: the major that will provide you with the best job and starting salary is the one you enjoy the most.</p>
<p>going by exactly what the op said, i'd say pharm, civil eng., and arch are your best bets. business, it depends on a lot of stuff. that's too broad.</p>
<p>The one you are best at.</p>
<p>civil engineering from a top school. My friends all started at 70,000+</p>
<p>I'm with pureadvisory. All, except for the undefined "business" have good overall outlooks.Yet it's really hard to believe someone interested in finance will be happy being a pharmacist.</p>
<p>Everyone does best at what they love and what they're most talented at. I've been pretty successful in finance but I'd probably kill someone if I had to count pills and compound drugs.</p>
<p>I'm going to have to disagre with all of you; petroleum engineering definitely has the highest starting salaries (including it only takes 4 years to graduate) and unamonously (sp?) has the best job outlook...</p>
<p>Unless you're in one of the years where PetE goes bust in which case there won't even be jobs for all the people already at the companies.</p>
<p>Yes, but engineering salaries start high and don't go much higher. For the long term you can do much better with many majors.</p>
<p>Is there any reason you can't get into the careers those majors get with an engineering degree?</p>
<p>lol, no jobs, oh you poor souls. I don't know about other major's, maybe you should ask all my finance and marketing friends that are now unemployed. Ask them what they should have majored in. You don't have too many options. Engineering is one of the few areas that still has large demand. When in doubt, go medical. It is a great career. There will always be people dropping dead, you can't argue with that.</p>
<p>Pharmacy offers great potential. I would be concerned about the influx of large amounts of people into the job market. There have been a lot of graduates ever since people found out that pharmacy pays. The whole pharmacist shortage era is coming to an end and people are filling those jobs like the democrats have filled the house and the senate.</p>
<p>Business- to broad, no stability in this economy, too many people in that field and that means too much competition, will find yourself working for Target. Now, if you can get into an Ivy, work some networking magic, you can be a consultant and be rolling in it.</p>
<p>Civil- great opportunity, infrastructure jobs, especially with the stimulus package. The money probably won't make a difference until a few years from now. The government is just slow. It is one of the lowest paid specialities in engineering though.</p>
<p>Architecture, this can be compared with civil, but like business, you better get into a good school or know someone. With the whole "Green Movement" and "Eco Awareness" thing going around, buildings will need to be designed with the environment in mind.</p>
<p>Economics, Math, Physics, engineering in general, get into a great school(i.e. Ivy's and want a be Ivies), and hit Wall street, HARD. If you have the math mind, tenacity, and just sheer volume of brains, that would be the job with the most potential. Likely hood of that is slim, top schools would be your best bet. Networking is probably the most important thing you can do. That will mean more than whatever degree you obtain.</p>
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lol, no jobs, oh you poor souls. I don't know about other major's, maybe you should ask all my finance and marketing friends that are now unemployed.
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<p>Here's the reason why your friends who majored finance are unemployed -- they're at LSU.</p>
<p>My point exactly.</p>
<p>Reaver:</p>
<p>You do know that the demand for oil will increase by 50% in 2030, right? This combined with the growing population, 1 billion people per 15 years, makes a degree in PE golden. You're just stating the obvious, buddy. </p>
<p>P.S. wait until this recession is over...</p>
<p>EDIT: I didn't even mention the need for natural gas in the future...</p>
<p>PS my friends that are making a lot of money were civil engineering majors but are all working for oil/energy companies!!</p>
<p>Smart friends you have.</p>
<p>I am a 50 year old geoscience manager in oil and gas. Starting salaries for petroleum enginners are about $110,000 and for geologists about $95,000. good jobs good careers.. as noted above LOTS of ups and down. I would not want to predict what the future holds, but it is worth considering... Personally i like the idea of a MechE, ChemE, CivilE then going Petroluem ...... but gotta love PetE if it works out</p>
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Yet it's really hard to believe someone interested in finance will be happy being a pharmacist.
Everyone does best at what they love and what they're most talented at. I've been pretty successful in finance but I'd probably kill someone if I had to count pills and compound drugs.
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Oh as a pharmacy student, I feel the same way. If I had to count pills and compound drugs for the rest of my life, it would be pretty miserable. However, the greatest advantage of pharmacy is the flexibility. There are not many jobs that will pay $100+k/year for 36hours/week with stability for the worst pharmacist in the class. Since you have a lot of time off, you can either enjoy your time or use your time to learn something else.</p>
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Yes, but engineering salaries start high and don't go much higher.
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This is true. However, income does rise and varies considerably when you combine your engineering/science background with something like business/law.</p>
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Pharmacy offers great potential. I would be concerned about the influx of large amounts of people into the job market. There have been a lot of graduates ever since people found out that pharmacy pays. The whole pharmacist shortage era is coming to an end and people are filling those jobs like the democrats have filled the house and the senate.
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For the foreseable future, the increase in demand for pharmacist is still outpacing the supply of pharmacists. If you are in pharmacy, you still have the time and flexibility to diversify so do so.<br>
The same cannot be said of the financial sector where you work 60+ hour weeks leaving you zero time to pursue something else.</p>