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Caveat: This is not based on hard data but on observations. It is compiled by JarusHub editor and 2 other contributors to this portal. Note also that this is not based on who earns the highest salary, but who has potential to earn decent income with his degree. Potential is the operative word here.

Here we go:

10. Mass Communication/Journalism: Mass Communication will remain a marketable because not many Universities do it, but many institutions need it. The downside is, journalism is not seen as exclusive preserve of MassComm graduates, as graduates of almost any course are recruited by news outfits. Yet, the course still stands a decent chance.



9. Law: Maybe the supply is fast outstripping demand and affecting pricing, Law has declined in economic value. However, it remains a Top 10 course. Whether you decide to practice or go into corporate world, or you decide to go into allied things like real estate agency, you still stand a decent chance of earning decent income with a Law degree.

8. Nursing/Laboratory Science: Nurses don’t earn mouth-watering pay, but they are hardly jobless. I see Nurses change jobs like clothes. Hospitals and clinics – private and public – are springing up everyday, and a medium size clinic needs at least 4 Nurses. Some may have as much as 20. Same goes with Lab scientists, although in lower demand.

7. Mechanical, Electrical & other related Engineering courses: Engineering courses generally sell in the oil and gas industry. In addition these courses are also asked for in other major industries.

6. Economics/Accounting/Finance: The good thing about Economics is that it fits into many roles. I hesitated to include Accounting here because Accounting degree alone without professional qualifications is not usually so helpful; however, I included it because I expect the accounting graduate to do the needful of writing professional examinations after his degree. Even without professional qualifications, you can still get a decent job with Accounting degree only in the many small to medium scale firms that require the services of accounting graduates. Finance is another great course. The three courses, sometimes alongside Management and Business Administration, are usually in hot demand, although supply still exceed demand and many graduates of these courses are still jobless.

5. Computer Science/Computer Engineering/IT courses: IT professionals are in hot demand the world over. Nigeria is not different. With special IT skills, your chance is even brighter. The downside is, anybody can learn IT skills, even if he doesn’t study computer engineering.

4. Geology: It is also a course that places you in good position to penetrate the much-sought-after oil industry.

3. Chemical/Petroleum Engineering: These courses have the potential to fetch you the fattest pay check after graduation because the companies that ask for them are those that pay heavily – the oil companies.

2. Estate Management/Architecture/Building/Survey/Civil Engineering: A degree in any of these courses places you in a good position for self-employment. Even from school, Architecture students make money drawing plans for people. We consider these courses the second most marketable courses in Nigeria.



1. Medicine: Medicine may not earn you N500k per month at entry level, but it is the course that guarantees you job the most. I have never come across a jobless medical doctor. The pay may not be as heavy as the Chemical engineering guy in the IOC, but you are guaranteed of better-than-average income as a doctor. Medicine is number 1 on our list.

http://www.jarushub.com/10-most-marketable-courses-in-nigeria/

imsuboi:
in Nigeria it's more like:

1. Medicine and Surgery
2. Medicine and Surgery
3. Medicine and Surgery
4. Medicine and Surgery
5. Medicine and Surgery
6. Medicine and Surgery
7. Medicine and Surgery
8. Medicine and Surgery
9. Architecture
10. Law

Lol..... what about other courses are they not lucrative,,,, elect elect eng., civil eng., chemical eng., etc

i knew this will make fp






hbd to me

Really

Hmm
#teamComputerScience
The Days are Getting Better

what about Dentistry and Dental surgery??

Wow,looks like business administration is not lucrative,but last time I checked all the above courses need a manager....just saying though

Well I couldn't agree more with that list... Almost everything on the list is true.

Why is it that people in this part of the world keeps undermining PSYCHOLOGY..?

It seems I saw geology on that list! I'm a graduate of geology with strong 2'1, finished service since JUNE this year, no job till now.
Can someone elucidate more if geology is still lucrative or not

I am proud to be a geologist

[b][/b]BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS

I'm proud to tell you that if Agricultural Science / Food Science and Technology are not in the top ten most marketable courses in Nigeria. Then you need to do more research on the graduates that are yet to find a job. This is my opinion.

Joeself1:
what about Dentistry and Dental surgery??

supposed it is attached to medicine and surgery, perhaps is not as lucrative as medicine and surgery as ordinary Nigerians are nonchalance to proper dental care. brushing alone is okay to many Nigerians. And you get same opportunities as medical doctor does but not as often in times of employment. Dentists and Doctors in Nigeria however have pegged salary

Poultry Engineering

Animal Husbandry.......

These courses are new and very Lucrative , you can find them in most of these private universities*Covenant , igbenidion , Madonna n babcock *
Immediately you graduate , you are sure of getting a job

Be jonzing yourselves.....

In the Nigeria of today, the most reliable employers (banks) will take you in based on a different kind of merit that would not put your course of study into consideration.

I personally know someone who studied theatre arts and has made it to the top in one of the leading banks today; earning 7 figures.

If we are talking about personal development and entrepreneurship. I'd rather Business Administration or Marketing.

But the problem with the youths of nowadays is; when they hear Marketing, the first thought they get is "I'll go from place to place in search of customers" NO. Its not that way. Everyone does a form of marketing or the other.

Thanks to social media, it has made things quite convenient for everyone.

Think twice pals.

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I can't agree more

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Believe it or not the only marketable course is the one for which you have passion for. If you think I'm lying then ask Bill gates

Joy83:
It seems I saw geology on that list! I'm a graduate of geology with strong 2'1, finished service since JUNE this year, no job till now.
Can someone elucidate more if geology is still lucrative or not

Am also a Geologist with a 2.1, am about to serve sha. Have some hope dude, trust me the course is lucrative if u knw whr and whr to look....

drunk in courses

Really?all these lawyers at coporate affairs commision , running "sempe" to collect small chua chua?
In Nigeria study what u want and be good at it, be brilliant ,intelligent and have high IQ you can fit anywhere except professional fields like med,law,architecture et al

everybody wants to carry money ooo, economics things

What about Animal Husbandry?

Nice write-up, truly marketable courses except Mass Communication.

Sure u avent heard of Political Science

Here's my own list


.Medicine&Surgery

.Industrial Maintenance/Mechanical/Electrical&Electronics/Mechatronics/Metallurgical&Materials/Systems/Biomedical/Chemical/Petroleum&Gas Engineering

.Computer Science

.Pharmacy

.Geology

.Law

.Estate Management/Architecture/Civil/Building

.Polymer/Textile

.Biochemistry

.Accountancy




+1. Graphics Art

Civil Engineering all d way!

I do not agree with this post

Marketability doesn't depend only on the course one studied, it depends on the person. There are many graduates of these courses who are still jobless. That shows that there is a difference between paper qualification and employability. The most important thing is to invest in yourself and have passion for what you want to do. The question is, what do you have to offer?