Major more important than school

[Jeff Lebowski]

According to a Georgetown economist, that is. Forget about trying to get your kid into a top school. Get them to pick the right 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. The graph below is based on Carnevale's research — and it shows the huge range in median earnings for people with different majors.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/09/09/219372252/the-most-and-least-lucrative-college-majors-in-1-graph

[Indy Coug]

Pure common sense.

[YOhio]

We get it. You're an engineer and you're rich. Just cut to the chase and say it.

[Guest]

According to a Georgetown economist, that is. Forget about trying to get your kid into a top school. Get them to pick the right major.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/09/09/219372252/the-most-and-least-lucrative-college-majors-in-1-graph

I testify with every fiber of my electrical engineer being, that this is true.

[cougjunkie]

I can't trust a guy that went to Georgetown.

[San Juan Sun]

LOL @ all the "pre-meds" dragging down the average.

[ERCougar]

LOL @ all the "pre-meds" dragging down the average.

Lol. If "pre-med" is your major, you're not ever going to be "med".

[Lost Student]

True story: when I was deciding on a major during the first week of my first semester at Y, I knew that I wanted to do some kind of engineering, but I didn't know which. I saw a similar chart that had ChE as the highest paying so I cursorily picked it. For some reason, 18 year-old me didn't think that decision was worth taking five minutes to consider other factors. Lo, these many years later, I wish that I had picked EE instead.

[Uncle Ted]

True story: when I was deciding on a major during the first week of my first semester at Y, I knew that I wanted to do some kind of engineering, but I didn't know which. I saw a similar chart that had ChE as the highest paying so I cursorily picked it. For some reason, 18 year-old me didn't think that decision was worth taking five minutes to consider other factors. Lo, these many years later, I wish that I had picked EE instead.

I started as a math major but decided all the career paths in that major were not interesting so I switched to EE and CompE.

I have a daughter that is a ChE grad. After seeing the compensation and benefits package she has I wished I was in ChE instead.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We get it. You're an engineer and you're rich. Just cut to the chase and say it.

My branch of engineering isn't even listed.

Pharmacy sciences/administration #2? That one surprised me.

[Uncle Ted]

My branch of engineering isn't even listed.

Pharmacy sciences/administration #2? That one surprised me.

Hmm... I need to talk to daughter #3 about her major.

[TripletDaddy]

Whoa. Liberal arts and social science majors earn the lowest salaries??

[old_gregg]

Whoa. Liberal arts and social science majors earn the lowest salaries??

but they learn how to learn.

[woot]

According to a Georgetown economist, that is. Forget about trying to get your kid into a top school. Get them to pick the right major.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/09/09/219372252/the-most-and-least-lucrative-college-majors-in-1-graph

Again, this is true if your only goal is money. It's an important consideration, but universities aren't vocational schools.

[Pelado]

Again, this is true if your only goal is money. It's an important consideration, but universities aren't vocational schools.

???

What else is there?