Monday, September 9, 2013

Lucrative College Majors

NPR posted this great piece today about the 10 Most (and Least) Lucrative College Majors. This is really something to start thinking about!

8 of the 10 most lucrative majors are in the engineering fields, and 1 is in computer science - whoa, McKee students. You are seriously on the forefront of a really nice career and salary in your life!

If you don't actually read the article, at least read this line, which is the best and most important advice you could receive on choosing a college/major:
What you major in has a bigger influence over your income than where you go to school, according to Anthony Carnevale, an economist at Georgetown University.

 Here is also a more thorough chart with info on salary increases by majors:
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html

-Ms. Miller

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