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The Highest Paying College Degrees by profland: 2:33pm On Apr 11, 2017
Yes these are the best college majors for 2016, 2017 and even the future to get a job 6 Highest paying college majors

Number one: As a finance major, you’ll be working with a lot of other people’s money; and it’s no surprise that some of that money would fall into your pocket. You’ll get a better start in your finance career if you do a few internships in your field. Once you do, you can expect to earn about $46,500 to start and $87,300 at mid-level. Number 2: Economics is another college degree that leaves you with tons of career options,

Number 2: Economics is another college degree that leaves you with tons of career options, from banking to finance to education and government. If none of those interests you, you can also land jobs in law (with further education), consulting, public policy and research. Starting salary for those majoring in economics is around $45,000 but by mid-career, you see a hefty boost to around $95,000. Number three: Before you immediately pass over math as a major, think about these.6 Highest paying college majors

Number three: Before you immediately pass over math as a major, think about this: those who major in math have some of the lowest unemployment rates of any of the highest paying majors of 2016 — 95% of math majors are employed. They are also quite well compensated for their work, with a starting salary of around $47,000-$52,600 and a mid-career salary of $89,900-$98,600. Number four: If you haven’t noticed it yet, it pays to be very good with numbers. Statistics majors will be tasked with tracking large amounts of data, analyzing it, and focusing down on the results. You’ll need reliable skills with excel sheets and even some knowledge

Number four: If you haven’t noticed it yet, it pays to be very good with numbers. Statistics majors will be tasked with tracking large amounts of data, analyzing it, and focusing down on the results. You’ll need reliable skills with excel sheets and even some knowledge of programming ability for this career. A statistician can pull in about $50,000 right out of school and about $99,000 by mid-career. Number five: Do you want to work for a company like Apple or Microsoft and help program the next big thing in computers? Well, they want to pay you a lot to do it. Major in computer sciences and perform properly in school, including running a few number of projects and internships, and you’ll probably land a job that starts out paying around $55,000. Stick with it and you could be making 6 figures by mid-career.

Physics majors possess so many options like working in museums, the military, laboratories, and schools. They are also paid very well for understanding the way the universe works. Just after the gate, their salary is near $50,000 and by mid-career, they are earning just above $100,000. And this can’t be considered as the lowest paying majors for any reason no wonder it’s one of highest paying master’s degrees you can ever think off.


These are some of the top paying majors with respect to 2016 pay scale that all bachelors can get a good with good degrees can get good pay from.

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