What are the top five, as in most in demand by the job market, college majors?
From princeton review: Starting Annual Salaries for Ten of PrincetonReview.com’s Most-Viewed Majors* Major Salary Electrical Engineering $51,372 Accounting $41,110 Economics/Finance $40,906 Business Administration/Management $38,188 Marketing $35,321 Political Science $32,999 English $31,169 Biology $29,750 Psychology $27,791 Journalism $27,646 From jobweb.com Top 10 degrees in demand (bachelor’s degree level) Accounting Business administration/management Computer science Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Information sciences and systems Marketing/marketing management Computer engineering Civil engineering Economics/finance Top degrees in demand (master’s degree level) M.B.A. Electrical Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Top degrees in demand (doctorate degree level) Electrical Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Sources: Prince
As far as I know nursing, business, engineering, accounting, and computer sciences have been and will be hot for the foreseeable future. The Occupational Outlook Handbook (See: www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm ) lists many professions under each of these categories that are expected to maintain “much faster than the average” job growth in the coming years. Of course there are ‘fields within these’ fields that are particularly ‘hot’. ‘Biomedical and Environmental engineers enjoy much better job security odds than aerospace engineers at the moment. There is more need for Systems Analysts than Computer Programmers etc… according to the handbook. Sources: www.bls.gov/oco/home.
