| For individuals looking forward to pocketing fat | | | | especially the engineers and not the medical |
| paychecks right after acquiring their degree, | | | | professionals as many people used to believe. |
| having complete and essential knowledge about | | | | NACE (National Association of Colleges and |
| the degrees that are worth highest starting salary | | | | Employers) performed a research and the result |
| is extremely important. Unfortunately, it only | | | | listed the 15 top-paying college degrees in 2009 |
| appears reasonable for the high earning college | | | | after carrying out a survey in around 200 college |
| degrees to exist as the most tricky to accomplish | | | | career centers. Just as before, math-based |
| and the most ignored by the college students | | | | majors have secured the top positions. Petroleum |
| since such degrees are believed to 'disturb' their | | | | Engineering stands as the highest paying degree |
| social lives as they are quite challenging. | | | | of this year having a median starting salary of |
| NACE (National Association of Colleges and | | | | $83,121 yearly. Now, this may have a direct or |
| Employers) performed a research and the result | | | | indirect relation with the scarcity of the essential |
| listed the 15 top-paying college degrees in 2009 | | | | commodity (oil)! These highly paid trained |
| after carrying out a survey in around 200 college | | | | individuals earn their living by working out ways to |
| career centers. Just as before, math-based | | | | harness the unusual commodity from beneath the |
| majors have secured the top positions. Petroleum | | | | earth's surface once their reservoirs have been |
| Engineering stands as the highest paying degree | | | | located. |
| of this year having a median starting salary of | | | | Chemical Engineer majors stand as the second |
| $83,121 yearly. This has been linked to the | | | | highly paid college degree and their job is to |
| shortage of oil in addition to the fact that | | | | construct plastics and power cells and the like, |
| petroleum stands among the major sources of | | | | earning an amazing $64,902 while the mining |
| energy, not only in America but in just about | | | | engineers secure an average of $64,404 gripping |
| every part of the world. | | | | the third most highly paid degree status. |
| According to Ed Koc (NACE's Director of | | | | The top 15 highest earning college degrees |
| Research), Math is at the crux of how much one | | | | include:o Petroleum Engineering - $ 83,121o |
| gets paid. Having the mathematical skills gives you | | | | Chemical Engineering - $64,902o Mining Engineering |
| the status of being a priceless asset. And people | | | | - $64,404o Computer Engineering - $61,738o |
| with such skills aren't easily found. Therefore, it's | | | | Computer Science - $61,407o Electrical Engineering |
| clear that top students in math-based fields | | | | - $60,125o Mechanical Engineering - $58,766o |
| shouldn't in any way have a difficulty landing jobs | | | | Industrial Engineering - $58,358o Systems |
| in the highly competitive job market. On the other | | | | Engineering - $57,438o Engineering Technology - |
| hand, the "average" graduates may not land | | | | $56,447o Actuarial Science - $ 56,320o |
| high-paying jobs during their first year after the | | | | Aeronautical Engineering - $56,311o Agricultural |
| completion of college easy. | | | | Engineering - $54,352o Biomedical Engineering - |
| The employment expert and Quicken blog editor, | | | | $54,158o Construction Management - $53,199 |
| Mr. Farnoosh Torabi, has re-assured engineers and | | | | From the above data, it is apparent that |
| math majors by saying that we are living in a | | | | computer science, actuarial science along with |
| tech-driven world where the demand [for | | | | construction management are the only high paying |
| engineers] is simply going to develop. The same | | | | fields other than engineering. This clearly indicates |
| can't be said about a majority of fields, particularly | | | | the level of emphasis laid out on math-oriented |
| in this economic turmoil. | | | | diplomas and degrees as such high salaries are as |
| Engineering majors hold the status of being the | | | | a result of the small number of graduates in the |
| top earning slots and this is obvious since only 3 | | | | engineering field. The job market is highly |
| out of the top 15 high earning majors as exposed | | | | influenced by demand and supply and that is the |
| by NACE report are other than engineering | | | | reason as to why arts oriented majors' wind up |
| majors. They consist of: Computer Science, | | | | being lowly paid. The sole reason lies in the fact |
| Actuarial Science and Construction Management. | | | | that they tend to be comparatively greater in |
| Here's the data from this report.o Petroleum | | | | number in the job market. In real, about 4% of |
| Engineering - $ 83,121o Chemical Engineering - | | | | the college graduates are engineering majors |
| $64,902o Mining Engineering - $64,404o Computer | | | | whereas 16% are social sciences majors and |
| Engineering - $61,738o Computer Science - | | | | another 16% constitute history majors. |
| $61,407o Electrical Engineering - $60,125o | | | | According to Ed Koc (NACE's Director of |
| Mechanical Engineering - $58,766o Industrial | | | | Research), Math is at the crux of how much one |
| Engineering - $58,358o Systems Engineering - | | | | gets paid. Having the mathematical skills gives you |
| $57,438 | | | | the status of being a priceless asset. And people |
| So, the Word of the day is:Engineering tops the | | | | with such skills aren't easily found. Therefore, it's |
| list of high-paying careers. | | | | clear that top students in math-based fields |
| Finally, the debate has come to an end; it has | | | | shouldn't in any way have a difficulty landing jobs |
| become evident that the math majors are | | | | in the highly competitive job market. |
| certainly the highest earning college degrees, | | | | |