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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:03 AM Author: razzle nowag 1. Petroleum engineering $83,121 2. Chemical engineering $64,902 3. Mining engineering $64,404 4. Computer engineering $61,738 5. Computer science $61,407 6. Electrical engineering $60,125 7. Mechanical engineering $58,766 8. Industrial engineering $58,358 9. Systems engineering $57,438 10. Engineering technology $56,447 11. Actuarial science $56,320 12. Aeronautical engineering $56,311 13. Agricultural engineering $54,352 14. Biomedical engineering $54,158 15. Construction management $53,199 http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/24/news/economy/highest_starting_salaries/index.htm As a result, salaries for graduates who studied fields like social work command tiny paychecks, somewhere in the vicinity of $29,000. English, foreign language and communications majors make about $35,000, Koc said. |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:06 AM Author: Curious lilac turdskin How is this surprising? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333830) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:11 AM Author: razzle nowag it's not, but it's what xo loves to discuss (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333865) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:30 AM Author: Curious lilac turdskin If you think about it, engineering is a professional degree in undergrad. That's all you need to succeed.
If your goal is to make the most money with just a 4 year degree, this is relevant.
To me, it's not that relevant, because you need to compare salaries of occupations 10 years out and then it makes more sense to me.
Likewise, I'd assume actuaries make more money starting, but not "math majors". Basically, in this case you have a list of degrees that ARE the occupation. |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:44 AM Author: Marvelous mediation actually I know alot of math majors who end up getting a job in either finance or engineering.
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:45 AM Author: Curious lilac turdskin I know a lot of math majors that are teachers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334078) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:46 AM Author: Marvelous mediation ok, but my point is that you have options with a math degree.
making 45k as a math teacher is not bad |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:48 AM Author: Curious lilac turdskin I'm not disagreeing, but it does pull down the average. Most chemical engineers are chemical engineers.
Math majors aren't mathematicians -- as a profession. |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:48 AM Author: Marvelous mediation gotcha
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:47 AM Author: bisexual stage most aren't. IT or teaching. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334093) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:48 AM Author: Marvelous mediation i know a ton of math majors in texas who work for engineering companies and one who in energy trading (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334107) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:49 AM Author: Curious lilac turdskin You live in Texas. Try pulling that off in Iowa. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334112) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:51 AM Author: Marvelous mediation they dont have a engineering program where math majors can attend? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334129) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:55 AM Author: Curious lilac turdskin Most of the country doesn't have as diversified economy as Texas. The opportunities don't exist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334153) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:19 AM Author: exciting maize blood rage engineering is for risk aversive people.
also they top out really fast and have to go into management if they want to make moar $ since their knowledge becomes outdated very quickly. |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:20 AM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface Sorry you got Lathamized. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333919) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:21 AM Author: exciting maize blood rage u mad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333929) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:49 AM Author: Aqua beady-eyed gay wizard philosopher-king who here hasn't been lathamized? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334113) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:47 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334101) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 2:57 PM Author: exciting maize blood rage lol @ those numbers. horribly innaccurate. i'm guessing it's skewed to the higher end because the ones that make less money in whatever degree don't report it.
I mean really, when you see the numbers for anthropology and art history, the whole thing goes out the window. |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:31 AM Author: Marvelous mediation ah yeah petroleum engineering (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333989) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:47 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334103) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:50 AM Author: Marvelous mediation 40k for poli sci, lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334122) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:55 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site they catch up and overtake biology, architecture, and accounting mid-career, even at the 25th percentile. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334157) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 12:07 PM Author: Doobsian Crotch This makes far more sense if you didn't go to a top school. E.g. a Yale english major can always go to Wall St. and make far more than the engineer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334226) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 4:08 PM Author: Metal pontificating death wish nursing home LOL. Not very subtle Yale trolling. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12336065) |
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Date: July 29th, 2009 5:54 PM Author: razzle-dazzle obsidian water buffalo stead Holy shit, your faggot face still posts here! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12378562) |
Date: July 24th, 2009 11:06 AM Author: bisexual stage Start teaching in a good selection of places in nj and start at 50k. a microscopic fraction of the work needed in college. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333829) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:07 AM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface WHERE IS POLI SCI (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333835) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:11 AM Author: razzle nowag WHERE IS PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS, RIGOROUS MAJORS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333867) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:16 AM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface tyft (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333902) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:47 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334098) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:51 AM Author: Naked alpha Econ doesn't look so bad mid-career (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334133) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:23 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site 15 years out, i think philosophy majors end up dominating.
directly after graduation, engineers/chemists dominate.
depends on when after graduation we are talking.
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:24 AM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface link? Not because I doubt but because I am curious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333950) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:36 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site OK, it looks like chemical engineering dominates the whole way through.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html |
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Date: July 29th, 2009 5:55 PM Author: Maniacal misanthropic lodge private investor True, but when you look at the 75th percentile and above of earners, economics pulls ahead. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12378570) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:25 AM Author: boyish twinkling internal respiration shrine philosophy majors never dominate
they are usually flipping burgers or go to graduate school for something unrelated because their major served almost no purpose |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:26 AM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface Yes, this is what I'm thinking. The domination must come from subsequent degrees (JD, PHD). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333966) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:28 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site yes, this is the case. i will try to find some data for you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333974) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 3:07 PM Author: cracking rehab roast beef phd in what? MOAR philosophy? lulz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12335569) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:41 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html
Chemical engineering seems to dominate through almost all career points and percentiles. However, notice that mid-career, Philo and Econ majors beat out Biology, Chemistry, and Architecture. |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 3:08 PM Author: cracking rehab roast beef lolwut? a lot of this has more to do with school attended or industry than anything. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12335574) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 3:09 PM Author: bisexual stage A while back there was the study that 20 years out the ave pay of Ivy isn't much greater than many publics.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12335590) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 3:23 PM Author: Sickened lettuce trailer park And there was a study that average pay isn't any greater at all when controlling for the quality of the student (they compared people who attended Harvard to those who were admitted to Harvard, but chose not to attend). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12335692) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:30 AM Author: Marvelous mediation Most liberal arts major can only aspire to ofice support jobs like a clerk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12333985) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:40 AM Author: Light swashbuckling hospital dog poop English. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334049) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:43 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site Depends on how long after you have it, and where you rank in your major.
Mid-career median salary is dominated by Engineering.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:53 AM Author: submissive step-uncle's house does anyone have a link that shows major salaries at start and mid career possibly with the upper quartile salary? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334142) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 11:58 AM Author: Lascivious Mexican Site http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334177) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 12:00 PM Author: submissive step-uncle's house ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12334186) |
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Date: July 29th, 2009 5:50 PM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface Bump to note that Abbot posted the same link 7 times in this thread and nobody seems to have noticed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12378540) |
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Date: July 29th, 2009 6:23 PM Author: submissive step-uncle's house see my post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12378868) |
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Date: July 29th, 2009 6:29 PM Author: Irradiated Mint Ratface Ah, good catch. In my skimming I missed the (now obvious) sarcasm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12378937) |
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Date: July 29th, 2009 6:29 PM Author: Lemon stubborn native I noticed, man. I noticed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1049179&forum_id=2#12378935) |