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Here is a follow up post to Undeclared: Major Decisions
High Salaries for Grads with College Degrees
CNN.com just reported that salaries are on the rise for college graduates with the following degrees:
Hospitality Services Management
Business Administration / Management
Accounting
Economics / Finance
Information Services and Systems
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
CNN is also reporting that the starting salaries for these majors have increased at a rate higher than inflation.
Lucrative College Degrees
Bad News for Writers
However the future isn’t looking good for graduates with the following degrees:
Communications: Down 0.4 percent to $31,876
Political Science and Government: Down 2.6 percent to $32,665
Sociology: Down 2.7 percent to $30,944
English: Down 4.1 percent to $30,906
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Your college degree matters because you spend years earning that degree and you should be proud. On the other hand don’t be too conceited, the cab driver that you snob, maybe from a south asian country and may have a PhD and you don’t know it…
Comment by Pablo 02.13.07 @ 1:46 amIt is true that a good education can give you high wages. But, some people who make a lot of money don’t have much formal Education at all. We all know the stories about people who started in the mailroom and ended up in the boardroom.
Comment by Ronald Scheer 12.22.07 @ 6:38 amWhat about your salary after earning a degree online? I’ve always wondered if my salary would improve if I were to get my accounting degree online vs. paying the big bucks to go to school and improve my accounting education. Just a thought to kick around.
Comment by admin 07.01.08 @ 3:41 pm