15个最有“钱途”的大学专业

1、The 15 college majors with the biggest payoffs 15个最有 钱途”的大学专业Headed back to school, and uncertain what to major in? It might help to check out a hefty new paperback tome, College MajorsHan dbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs. The 546-page book is packed with detailed career in formati on on 58

2、majors, in clud ingthe kinds of jobs each major is likely to lead to; how closely related grads work usually is to the subjects they studied; how much (orlittle) degree holders in each field report enjoying what they do; and how much they earn.The four co-authors led by Drexel Uni versity research p

3、rofessor Neeta P. Fogg and by Paul Harri ngton, director of Drexels Cen terfor Labor Markets and Policy mined the data from mountains of Cen sus Bureau statistics, U.S. Departme nt of Labor studies, and a2011 National Science Foundation survey of 170, 000 college grads.Media n pay for a rece nt coll

4、ege graduate with a full-time job in 2010, the researchers found, stood at $53, 976. But these 15 majorscomma nded substa ntially more:1. Pre-med $100, 0002. Computer systems engin eeri ng $85, 0003. Pharmacy $84, 0004. Chemical engineering $80, 0005. Electrical and electronics engineering $75, 0006

5、. Mechanical engineering $75, 0007. Aerospace and aero nautical engin eeri ng $74, 0008. Computer science $73, 0009. I ndustrial engin eeri ng $73, 00010. Physics and astronomy $72, 20011. Civil engin eeri ng $70, 00012. Electrical and electro nics engin eeri ng tech no logy $65, 00013. Economics $6

6、3, 30014. Finan cial man ageme nt $63, 00015. Mecha ni cal engin eeri ng tech nology $63, 000Clearly, engin eers are hot properties, but even the five non-engin eeri ng majors on the list require a strong mathematical bent. What if youre not in cli ned toward math and scie nce? Luckily for liberal a

7、rts mave ns, College Majors Han dbook no tes, Salary is not the only form of payoff from a college educati on.Co nsider: Despite relatively modest media n pay of $44, 000, well below the roughly $54, 000 average for all 58 fields of study, En glish majors report job satisfact ion that is on a par wi

8、th that of people who make far more mon ey. Likewise, rece nt grads who majored inhistory, although they earn $48, 000 on average and ofte n end up work ing in un related fields like sales and marketi ngreport higher-tha n-average satisfacti on with their chose n path.Moreover, even at the lower end

9、 of the salary scale, the authors point out, higher education leads to more earning power: The average employed young person with a bachelors degree earned 81% more in 2011 than his or counterpart with a high school diploma. The earnings premium of in dividuals with college degrees persists over the

10、ir lifetime. Given the ofte n jaw-dropp ing price tag on a sheepsk in these days, thats good to know.15个最有 钱途”的大学专业最近的一项详尽调查显示：要想让在大学四年里投入的时间和金钱得到最佳回报，必须具备数学头脑。College Majors要开学了，还不确定该选什么专业吗？可以去看看最新出版的纸皮版大手册，大学专业指南：职业道路和回报(Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs )。这本长达 546页的手册详细记录了58个专业的职业信息，其中包

11、括：可能得到的工作类型、工作和专业的相关度、对工作的满意度以及薪水。四个作者以德雷塞尔大学( Drexel University )教授尼塔？P福格和该校劳动力市场和政策中心( Center for Labor Markets and Policy ) 的主管保罗？哈林顿为首，合作研究了堆积如山的数据，其中包括：美国人口普查局(Census Bureau )的统计数据、美国劳工部(Department of Labor )的研究以及美国国家科学基金会( National Science Foundation )在2011年对17万名大学毕业生的调查。研究发现：拥有全职工作的应届毕业生在2010

12、年的中位工资为 53,976美元。但下列15个专业毕业生的收入明显高出一截：1. 医学预科100,000美元2. 计算机系统工程85,000美元3. 药剂学84,000美元4. 化学工程 80,000美元5. 电气及电子工程75,000美元6. 机械工程75,000美元7. 航天及航空工程74,000美元8. 计算机科学73,000美元9. 工业工程 73,000美元10. 物理及天文学 72,200美元11. 土木工程 70,000美元12. 电气及电子工程技术65,000美元13. 经济学63,300美元14. 财务管理63,000美元15. 机械工程技术 63,000美元工程师显然炙手可热，但即使5个上榜的非工程专业也要求具有深厚的数学功底。那些不喜欢数学和科学的人就只能干瞪眼了吗？对文科生来说，幸运的是，这本大学专业指南同时也告诉我们：薪酬并不是大学教育的唯一回报。”看看这个：英语专业的毕业生中位工资仅有4.4万美元，远远低于约 5.4万美元的平均值，但他们的工作满意度却和那些挣钱多得多的家伙不相上下。与此类似，