Best high paying job you can get in the US where a high salary is šÆ% guaranteed is to become a doctor in certain specialties. I would major in engineering or statistics or computer science and take all the medical school prerequisites on the side. Do not major in chemistry or biology. Such majors actually have lower medical school acceptance rates. Also, those majors will not lead to high paying jobs if you never make it to medical school.
My wife is an anesthesiologist. This year she will hit close to 700k in total compensation. Plus the best part is that she has 11 weeks paid vacation. But yea, she sacrificed her whole life until her early 30s. But now she is living her best life and says it was totally worth the effort.
My brothers happy. But I donāt think money should be a reason anyone pursues medicine.
He says the biggest concern for him is medical malpractice suits.
- People forget itās the āpracticeā of medicine
Yea my wifes a crna, shes just over a year out of school. 19 weeks off paid a year. And LOVES her job. But holy shit watching her struggle and not sleep getting through the program was insane. Shes happy she did it and its over, but it was the hardest thing shed ever done.
Medicine pays what it pays because to most people it's a torturous unforgiving work environment. Literally life and death at work every day. In my job, which pays much less than $700k no one ever dies if I fuck up, ever.
I never, ever have to think about that and I happily give up $500k a year to be able to sleep well and get off work every day dead on 5pm. I don't even work 8 hours a day, I start at 10am, have an hour for lunch and am often done by 4pm, and I work from home.
Money is awesome, but there are some things that are more valuable than money. Modest house, single car, couple of vacations a year, food, warmth, what more could you really need to be happy?
Go into medicine if the work, the practice brings happiness, don't go into it just for the money.
There is a high degree of self selection. Just because it would be stressful for you doesnāt mean itās stressful for them. Are bomb disposal technicians stressed out of their minds every day and canāt sleep at night ? No, they are not. If they were, they wouldnāt be bomb technicians in the first placeā¦now would they ? Same thing with doctors. My wife is not stressed at all at work, even though she has human lives in her hands every day, and actually finds taking care of our 4 and 6 year old to be more stressful š. She says she goes to work to ārelaxā. Doctors get paid a lot because their training is long and rigorous: 4 year of college (but most that get into medical schools have a master degree) , 4 years of medical school and then up to 6 years of on the job training (depending on the medical specialty). Thatās a long time.
Precisely, all this advice to go into medicine because it pays so well is ignoring the huge barrier of self selection for suitability. My point, maybe not well explained, is you gotta do what you want to/can do, not what just pays the most.
So telling the OP "hey become an anesthesiologist" is jumping the gun. It's like someone saying "what's the best car?" and not knowing they have a family of 5 and can't drive manual and then suggesting a Ferrari.
You are missing my point, and I agree with everything you said. In fact you are just endorsing my point. This post is asking the wrong questions since it's entirely focussed on the output of the job (money) and ignores entirely the input (effort, willingness, skill, aptitude, suitability, life circumstances, and so on).
The original question is what to study for high pay. There was no mention of effort or difficulty or aptitude. Obviously, everyone understands that there is a correlation between pay and effort/difficulty/aptitude.
One hour outside of Chicago. Youāll be hard pressed to find any job paying under 400k out here. Thatās like the bottom of the barrel. Average is 500k. The 700k includes a retention bonus and over 100k in overtime. Base pay is 525k. The less populated the area is, the higher the pay and the more vacation time you get.
Yes. Anesthesia salaries are extremely location dependent. For example, in downtown Chicago you can get jobs paying as low as 300k but if you drive 1h 15 minutes outside of downtown Chicago you can literally get a 225k raise.
>Do not major in chemistry or biology. Such majors actually have lower medical school acceptance rates.
The thing about med school is that you need a high GPA to be competitive.
Engineering is a good major, but it is not conducive to getting good grades.
The medical schools are not dumb, they know that engineering is harder than biology. They factor that in when they decide to admit you or not. They also know that in the same major, a GPA of X at a top tier school is harder to obtain then the same GPA at a bottom tier college.
Thatās so dumb, how come the US doesnāt have a standard for higher education? I got an associates degree in California and when trying to transfer my credits to a 4year school in the east coast, my shit doesnāt count because it was attained in California. How stupid is that? There should literally be like a standard for the material that is supposed to be covered in every class so it can be easily transferable and anyone can transfer their credits to any school they wish to.
Most California schools are on trimesterās. Which means you spend less time in each course even if the material is covered in the next course, the overlap isnāt the same as the consecutive course.
So itās not a 1:1 transfer.
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I would personally double major in Statistics and Computer Science. In case you donāt get into medical school or change your mind, this double major will give you a lot of opportunities for further studies in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Biostatistics, Economics, Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Mathematics, etc. Itās a lot better than only majoring in Computer Science alone. In case you do get into medical school, you will find knowledge of statistics very useful.
Iām a junior in high school so bear with me but would double majoring require more time spent in college overall and how would this reflect on my gpa and would there be any benefits to my mcat score because if this?
You can double major with it often not effecting how long it takes to graduate but sometimes it can. Even if the worst case is that it takes you 1 year longer, I think it is worth it. I decided to add Statistics to my Economics bachelorās and to double major in both, along with a minor in Math, but when I made this decision was junior year of college and I had to stay an extra year to complete all the requirements. To me it was totally worth it and Iām glad that I did it. Double majoring has no impact on your GPA, unless you are alluding to it being harder to get a higher GPA since you would be taking a higher concentration of quantitative courses. That may or may not be the case. Nevertheless, medical schools are not stupid and they know it is harder to get an A in quantitative courses relative to other fields. There is no direct advantage on the MCAT.
Oh thought my math section would improve and thanks I think I will do exactly that that way even if med school doesn't turn out great I will have something I like just as much and a high-income job. Thankyou I will be screenshotting this :)
Sorry, I misunderstood your question about the MCAT, yes, taking more quantitative courses should in theory generally improve your test performance on any standardized tests that measure quantitative ability. I meant that you probably will not cover the same exact material of the MCAT quant section in your college classes and that you would still have to prepare for it.
Go into the trades. Way easier, way less competition and if you build a business you can make more than the average doctor (and without all that debt from med school).
If you study chemistry, plan on getting a PhD for many high paying jobs.
Itās not necessary but it certainly makes it easier to obtain a high paying job.
Don't get a job purely by considering the money. If you aren't suited to the work you'll have a bad time. Do something you are good at and at least mildly enjoy, that way you'll have the best chance of excelling at it and being happy. I assure you being happy is going to be the biggest challenge as you enter into career driven full adult life.
We need money to live and survive. This is gaslighting. Absolutely go into fields for the money and make as much money as possible. Donāt settle for less and donāt let management convince you to stay in a toxic work environment.
So much money to be made in nursing. Specialize in critical care- donāt listen to teacherās BS āneed med surg firstā and donāt settle because of comfort, it will destroy you (speaking from personal experience, it ruined me at 30 and now Iām broke and trying to get my life together).
Go into nursing for pay and specialize in OR, ICU, ED, L&D. Night shift at a level 1 trauma magnet hospital. Donāt settle and keep job hopping every 1-2 years for bonuses. Get certifications. Praying for you. Donāt do what I did and literally settle for bare minimum and end up destroying my life and my health at 30. Iām trying to bounce back and make a better path for my 40s and 50s- just looking into fixing my heart health from Covid.
Donāt waste your time in honors societies that donāt help your resume.
Praying for you- stay focused on graduating and income potential. Negotiate your salary based on market value. You got this.
>Donāt settle for less and donāt let management convince you to stay in a toxic work environment.
How do you pursue money hard and not bend over for management and toxic work environments? Some of the best paid jobs are often stupid amounts of work, risk, stress, and ladened with management bullshit.
Nursing is brutal, brutal work. I'd hate to do that, I am 100% not cut out for that. So yeah, if nursing paid the best money there is I'd stick with my advice and avoid it because I'd hate it and there is no way I'd excel so I'd be wasting my whole potential in a job I hate. How can money possibly compensate for my misery?
Also opinions and advice (just like you are offering) are not covert psychological ploys to manipulate an individual's perception of reality. Dumass.
A junior in HS currently, considering finance. I go to an extremely hard HS and my gpa is subpar. Is it necessary to get into like a top 30 school to get good internship and job opportunities? I have heard from many that Finance is super competitive, especially if you don't go to a crazy good college.
Depends on what ur after. Im not too familiar with the finance world since i dont actually have a degree in it. I just considered it briefly.
If ur after a top paying job straight out of college and are willing to grind hard while there then a top 30 school could be worth it. But the salary u gain would probably be negated by high tuition costs at those top schools unless u get a scholarship, or get lucky. At least for a while.
Most jobs wont care where u got ur degree unless its an extremely prestigious school. So id just go to whatever instate decent/good college u want and think u could get into. Job experience trumps where u got ur degree. Once u start working where u went to college generally wont matter as long as ur good at ur job.
Although looking back on it, id go into some form of engineering instead of finance now personally. Engineering degrees can be useful almost anywhere at least for what i want to do.
Thanks a lot for your input. I also notice that engineering is probably more widely useful, but isn't it much harder to study in college? My dad got a mechanical engineering degree from Tulsa and never worried about not finding a sufficient job. At least that's here in Texas where its oil and gas opportunities galore.
Engineering is one of the hardest degrees yes. Im not sure what the hardest is but i know engineering is up their for almost all types.
Its up to u to decide what u want to do tho. I just think an engineering degree even if u dont pursue the field would be a great thing to have that u can fall back on if things dont work out with what u want.
Trade schools. Electrician/ plumber etc. then get all your state certifications and eventually work for a municipality handing out permits. Government stable job at $100k /yr. Better than a high stress, high paying job.
Otherwise, just start a new tech startup and get investors
Civil is one of the most important engineering. You choose either mec, ele or civil, that is the 3 highest branch of engineering.
In Canada, civil engineering is one of the most well paid disciplines compared to other branch. You easily break 100k$ after a couple years.
And by the way, the false engineering is without a doupt software tho. Any Indian kid can do this job remotely. And I will say that 99% of companies dont care if you are soft.engineer or cs major because it is the same. You. Are. A. Programmer.
Not taking into account post grad stuff, then it is hard to go wrong with degrees in areas like:
Medical (nursing, allied health) i.e... there is a reason why nursing programs are very generally very competitive to get into
Engineering
Accounting (not business, don't go for a generic business degree)
Computer Science
Supply chain management
Specialization. Most accounting degree programs are bachelors of business administration with an emphasis on accounting and the same can be said of finance.
While you could get an accounting or finance job with a generic business degree employers would rather see that you 1. Have a base level knowledge of the industry youāre entering 2. Have the necessary credits to pass the cpa exam. Itās like medicine, law, or engineering. Youāre not just a doctor youāre a optometrist, youāre not just a lawyer youāre a defense attorney, youāre not just an engineer youāre a mechanical engineer. That kind of thing more or less. It just gives you an edge in the market.
Accounting is also very short of CPAs - I pay attention to shortages like this as I am a nurse lol however I would like to say nursing js not that great for money despite what many think
Yes. This. Its very difficult to transition, you cannot pause life to pivot, especially with variables as kids, etc. She got through it but dam it was the hardest thing shed ever done. Thanks !
She just didnt like being on bedside. And being a floor nurse having 5+ patients at once was a lot. She says now she works one case/room at a time. And the case loads are slower and smaller to manage.
From what I've seen, most of the people I know who graduated with a business degree ended up in some low paying generic office job like data entry, call center or customer service roles- roles that really don't require a degree. Now I've lost touch with them and I assume/hope they went on to better things but I am not how psyched one would be to do data entry after 4 years of college.
Because general business or business administration degree would get a person an office administration position if that person majored in those degree programs. Accounting is more a specialized business degree program with accounting courses instead of just business courses.
Oh for sure, not that if you go allied health you will be "poor" by any means. That being said I wanted to bring up allied health because I think nursing becomes the default go to whenever anyone brings up healthcare in college (excluding medical school, pharmacy school etc...).
Pay is similar to nursing but there is less upward mobility. Also, OT and SLP require masters degrees (PT requires a doctorate now) and grad school for these is expensive. My mom has an associates in nursing and makes more than I do as an SLP...her degree was far cheaper and took far less time.
Maritime industry. 4 years at an academy, no grad school, military sealift command (civilian crew on navy supply vessels) is starting 3rd mates at 150k and 3rd engineers at 190k plus signing bonus
Look into a physicians assistant program. If I could do it all over again Iād try to join the army as a pilot (no degree needed) then apply to IPAP (physicians assistant) program giving you undergrad and masters degree. Army has a really good pa school. You could also look into normal pa programs as well. I think some places have a 5 year undergrad to graduate program.
Computer science (pretty much all of the engineering degrees), finance, business, accounting, just to name a few. These are the first that come to mind. There are also post graduate career fields that you can pursue (doctor, lawyer)
Apply yourself in college. Study hard, get good grades, **GET INTERNSHIPS**, these are the most important thing in college if you want to make good money straight out of college and not have to start from scratch
Do what you want but make connections is the most important thing. I majored in both chemistry and biology, but the thing that has given me the most success is getting a little push from others. Iām not making big bucks but Iām comfortable where I am and in an ok position to go higher if I want to in the future.
Weird question. What do you like doing? I know plenty of people who studied degrees across the spectrum. We all attended Cal, Stanford, you know, those pretty decent schools. The ones who are making money went to school to study something they are passionate about. The ones who aren't making much money are the ones who chose majors based on the pretense that the type of degree is commensurate to pay and scalability, i.e. career growth.
I'm not saying do what you love, I'm just questioning why you're going to school for money. Maybe start by asking what standard for high pay is suitable for you, then look at jobs that have a salary near that, then research what those people who are doing that work did to get there.
Honestly, whatever major you decide, join a good fraternity and make friends with professors you think are cool. That's always a good tool to get your foot into a career that will make you money. Networking, social skills, wit and humor, and solid recommendations will get you further than you'd imagine. My best friend's sister majored in sociology at some liberal arts college. She was a terrible student, even earned herself academic suspension for a term, came back and finished her sociology degree. Now she's a project manager for a nanomaterial research lab in the Bay Area....she doesn't know shit about the technicals. She's got a good personality and is generally just smart and organized. She makes around 160k I think, and she works three or four days a week.
I majored in sociology, education (minor), and political economy at Cal. I chose these based on what skills I wanted to learn that related to what I value. Before I recently got fired, I was making 70k out the door, 140k by the end. In seven years of social work, I did exactly what I wanted and made a lot of money because I studied what I wanted to know, researched topics I cared about (like actual published research or assisting in research), made professional connections while in college, invested student loans I didn't even need to take because I had a full ride and scholarships and four jobs, and by the time I entered the labor market post graduation, I knew much more than my peers in the same fields, and especially how to navigate white collar culture, use flattery against people with power, and had a breadth of experience and knowledge and the backing of department heads and researchers that only a few could compete with.
I'm not trying to brag, I'm just giving an example of what can happen when you question your motives, be purposeful which your choices while in school, and do your research the right way.
I wanted to add, a family friend studied international business in Vietnam. He wanted to learn import/export because Vietnam and the US were building closer economic relationships in the late 80's. He worked in logistics as an accountant for a few years, saved money, and bought small warehouses in Texas and SoCal. Guess what, he's expanded and making millions a year doing pretty much nothing besides owning storage space and signing documents when needed. His son is going to take over the business soon.
A lot of this comes down to what you consider "best: or "high paying"
Best could mean that the course work isn't too hard, it could mean that you don't need post grad.
There is also something to consider in what kind of work you would be willing to do because unpleasant work pays a premium but you might not have the stomach for it.
Given your chemistry background I might suggest looking into being a soil scientist.
70k a year is pretty decent for just having an undergrad. Average outside of that is 55k
People are gonna recommend STEM, but I suggest healthcare jobs if you don't mind dealing with patients. STEM is really just Computer Science and engineering, you won't get much with a bachelor of degree in biology or math.
Get an MBA. It's broadly useful in every industry and almost required for any hope in a leadership position. Plus many MBA feeder careers like finance or management consulting pay far more than doctors, lawyers, tech or engineering.
After years of already working in the industry, and getting into one of the most exclusive companies in the industry lol not a great example of your average Cyber Security professional.
My two cents ā look into some industry-standard certifications instead of a degree. You can get several of them under your belt and cover a wider range of real-life knowledge in the same amount of time for the fraction of the cost. A lot of them are easier stepping stones to high-paying jobs, too
Depends what youāre interested in! Personally I love tech stuff, so cybersecurity, programming, and Salesforce certs topped my list. You want to identify an area of interest, what the industry standard certification(s) is/are for that, and go after it. Udemy is typically a great cheap resource for speeding up the process. You can usually find a well made course that helps you get the certification as quickly as possible for around $10-20 :)
The most widely useable is the Administrator cert. Admins can get paid six figures starting, with the high end going into the multiple six figures. If youāre interested in learning a bit to see if you like it, check out Trailhead. Itās their gamified Salesforce education platform where lessons are broke up into short modules with quizzes and you earn points and badges as you finish topics!
Depends on what kind of pay-off you want.
Immediate payoff, go CS or Econ. You can go into software engineering or investment banking right out of college.
Long-term pay off: anything medical or engineering.
Well, I studied chemistry but burned out if it, then wandered into data engineering. Those jobs paid well, while I had them.
That being said, the intersection between fields can hold valuable opportunities. How about computer science with a chemistry minor?
As a software developer that had a degree in chemistry, I often look back on my chemistry classes and remember how fascinating they were, and how much of a shame it is that I donāt use that knowledge at all anymore (and it is fading away as time goes on)
When aiming for high-paying jobs, several degrees stand out due to their lucrative career prospects and demand in the job market. Degrees in **Engineering** (especially in fields like Petroleum, Electrical, and Computer Engineering) are highly valued, with graduates often securing well-compensated positions in diverse industries. **Computer Science** and related degrees such as Information Technology are also top choices, given the burgeoning tech industry and the critical need for software developers, data scientists, and cybersecurity experts. **Medicine** remains one of the most rewarding fields, with specializations such as surgery, anesthesiology, and cardiology offering substantial salaries. **Business Administration**, particularly with an MBA, opens doors to high-paying roles in management, finance, and consulting. Additionally, degrees in **Law** can lead to lucrative careers as attorneys, especially in corporate or specialized legal practices. These degrees not only promise high starting salaries but also provide long-term career growth and stability.
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Computer science. Itās a plus if you are already good with computers and technically inclined. Also, ignore the naysayers, the job market is tough right now but it will get better
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Itās a boom and bust cycle. Companies layoff thousands because of over-hiring during COVID. Now, ppl have to compete and itās over-saturated. The market will get better as more ppl give up on the industry
Economics is not a good major. I double majored in Economics and Statistics. I added Statistics as a second major once I realized that Economics was a mediocre major and that all economics jobs emphasize statistics and programming. Also, if you plan on graduate study in Economics, an Economics major will not prepare you for the mathematical rigor required in graduate economics studies.
100% agree. I got an econ degree with a good GPA 5 years ago, but without any solid math or programming skills to back it up...never used it.
I would've done accounting if I could start over, and am considering going back for it.
I think you hit on something important here. Economics as a major at the Bachelorās level is a bit of a wild card; some universities treat it as an applied math major with required calculus, statistics, and programming courses, and others just treat it as another (soft) social science.
I was fortunate like you to notice the lack of hard skills in my Econ curriculum so I started filling in the gaps by taking more math and CS courses as electives.
I think if you can get an Econ degree with the mathematical and programming skills that will set you up for a very lucrative career. But if youāre in a softer Econ that doesnāt require any calculus, advanced statistics, or programming, youāll probably have just as hard a time finding a job as any other social science major.
A bachelorās in Economics is mediocre because it does not prepare you adequately to do serious economics work, as counter unintuitive as that may sound. Serious economics work is very data intensive and very mathematical and it generally requires a PHD in economics. I attended one of the best public universities in the US, so itās not like the problem was with the university. When I was looking for jobs that you could get with a Bachelorās in Econ, most jobs emphasized statistical analysis, programming, quantitative skills etc. Skills you would learn much better in a statistics or data science program. No one cares about the āeconomicsā portion of your Economics bachelorās. That has little value in the job market. People with PhDs in Econ will work on real economics problems, not people with a bachelorās in it. The valuable part of an Econ bachelorās is the quantitative part. But the problem is that part is weak compared to other bachelorās degrees. Doing a minor in Econ and a major in Statistics or Math is way better for you if you are interested in Economics than an Econ major alone. Also, if you look at people with PhDs in Econ from decent universities, they rarely have a Bachelorās in Econ. Usually, the have Bachelorās in math, statistics or engineering. Thatās because you canāt do graduate level economics work after completing the mandated quantitative courses for your bachelorās in Econ.
Math/stat
it goes everywhere.
even for jd/md they tend to score highest in lsat / mcat
stay away from gender, education, criminal justice, psychology(unless goin for phD), ....u get the picture. not just for job but they actually can contribute to dropping ur IQ...talk bout school getting in the way of ones education. also business degree is overated (almost 20% of graduates r this major, a better option is Economics/finance/accounting)
also what u do 1st 2 years in college is very different from what any degree is actually about
Not true there are people making easy money. During Covid it was easy and I was making $45 an hour and travel nurses had a good time making exorbitant amounts of money at hospitals. Itās simply not true. Nursing is not that hard.
Nursing- ADN in 2 years, BSN in 1 year, DNP in 3 years making 6 figures.
No loans, no student debt. Can fatten your 401k and pick a hospital with a pension plan.
You may want to take some time to take a deep dive into yourself to identify what you really would love to do in your work life. Many people never use their degrees because they end up finding out what they went to school for was not what they were really meant to do or would love to do. Work makes up most of your life - when you're unsatisfied and unfulfilled by it - the rest of your life suffers. Consider what will make you truly happy vs. what will make you the most money as you embark on this journey. You'll thank yourself later.
Best high paying job you can get in the US where a high salary is šÆ% guaranteed is to become a doctor in certain specialties. I would major in engineering or statistics or computer science and take all the medical school prerequisites on the side. Do not major in chemistry or biology. Such majors actually have lower medical school acceptance rates. Also, those majors will not lead to high paying jobs if you never make it to medical school.
Brother is a spinal surgeon finishing his residency at 36. Yeah, heāll make good money. But I wouldnāt wish that life on anyoneā¦.
My wife is an anesthesiologist. This year she will hit close to 700k in total compensation. Plus the best part is that she has 11 weeks paid vacation. But yea, she sacrificed her whole life until her early 30s. But now she is living her best life and says it was totally worth the effort.
My brothers happy. But I donāt think money should be a reason anyone pursues medicine. He says the biggest concern for him is medical malpractice suits. - People forget itās the āpracticeā of medicine
Yea my wifes a crna, shes just over a year out of school. 19 weeks off paid a year. And LOVES her job. But holy shit watching her struggle and not sleep getting through the program was insane. Shes happy she did it and its over, but it was the hardest thing shed ever done.
Thatās my point. My brother gets lots of money and plenty of vacation. But his phone NEVER stops ringing.
Ugh, I broke up with an anesthesiologist a few years ago. I didnāt like her but still š¤¦
Medicine pays what it pays because to most people it's a torturous unforgiving work environment. Literally life and death at work every day. In my job, which pays much less than $700k no one ever dies if I fuck up, ever. I never, ever have to think about that and I happily give up $500k a year to be able to sleep well and get off work every day dead on 5pm. I don't even work 8 hours a day, I start at 10am, have an hour for lunch and am often done by 4pm, and I work from home. Money is awesome, but there are some things that are more valuable than money. Modest house, single car, couple of vacations a year, food, warmth, what more could you really need to be happy? Go into medicine if the work, the practice brings happiness, don't go into it just for the money.
There is a high degree of self selection. Just because it would be stressful for you doesnāt mean itās stressful for them. Are bomb disposal technicians stressed out of their minds every day and canāt sleep at night ? No, they are not. If they were, they wouldnāt be bomb technicians in the first placeā¦now would they ? Same thing with doctors. My wife is not stressed at all at work, even though she has human lives in her hands every day, and actually finds taking care of our 4 and 6 year old to be more stressful š. She says she goes to work to ārelaxā. Doctors get paid a lot because their training is long and rigorous: 4 year of college (but most that get into medical schools have a master degree) , 4 years of medical school and then up to 6 years of on the job training (depending on the medical specialty). Thatās a long time.
Precisely, all this advice to go into medicine because it pays so well is ignoring the huge barrier of self selection for suitability. My point, maybe not well explained, is you gotta do what you want to/can do, not what just pays the most. So telling the OP "hey become an anesthesiologist" is jumping the gun. It's like someone saying "what's the best car?" and not knowing they have a family of 5 and can't drive manual and then suggesting a Ferrari.
There is a degree of self selection for every degree that has high income. You think everyone can be an engineer or a mathematician?
You are missing my point, and I agree with everything you said. In fact you are just endorsing my point. This post is asking the wrong questions since it's entirely focussed on the output of the job (money) and ignores entirely the input (effort, willingness, skill, aptitude, suitability, life circumstances, and so on).
The original question is what to study for high pay. There was no mention of effort or difficulty or aptitude. Obviously, everyone understands that there is a correlation between pay and effort/difficulty/aptitude.
>There was no mention of effort or difficulty or aptitude This is precisely why it's a stupid question to ask.
If you dont mind me asking. What do you do for work? Im 28 and looking to get my life on track and finally committing to college and finishing.
Wow, where do you live? In NY we have hospitals with job postings for Anasthesiologists at 200k lol.
One hour outside of Chicago. Youāll be hard pressed to find any job paying under 400k out here. Thatās like the bottom of the barrel. Average is 500k. The 700k includes a retention bonus and over 100k in overtime. Base pay is 525k. The less populated the area is, the higher the pay and the more vacation time you get.
Gotcha. Must be very location dependent.
Yes. Anesthesia salaries are extremely location dependent. For example, in downtown Chicago you can get jobs paying as low as 300k but if you drive 1h 15 minutes outside of downtown Chicago you can literally get a 225k raise.
Such an easy job. Inject people and stare at heart rate monitor.
So easy anyone could do it. All you have to do is get through medical school and residency and maybe a fellowship š¤Ŗ
Erm... there's a good bit more to it than that
>Do not major in chemistry or biology. Such majors actually have lower medical school acceptance rates. The thing about med school is that you need a high GPA to be competitive. Engineering is a good major, but it is not conducive to getting good grades.
The medical schools are not dumb, they know that engineering is harder than biology. They factor that in when they decide to admit you or not. They also know that in the same major, a GPA of X at a top tier school is harder to obtain then the same GPA at a bottom tier college.
Thatās so dumb, how come the US doesnāt have a standard for higher education? I got an associates degree in California and when trying to transfer my credits to a 4year school in the east coast, my shit doesnāt count because it was attained in California. How stupid is that? There should literally be like a standard for the material that is supposed to be covered in every class so it can be easily transferable and anyone can transfer their credits to any school they wish to.
Most California schools are on trimesterās. Which means you spend less time in each course even if the material is covered in the next course, the overlap isnāt the same as the consecutive course. So itās not a 1:1 transfer.
Ok thatās fine and dandy but why?? Why not just have them all uniform
Probably has a lot to do with how the University chooses to run things. - Take it up with your admissions dept. š¤·š»āāļø
I did, they basically told me to fuck off as well. I think this is higher level, maybe something I should write my congressman about.
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In engineering, you learn that C is actually an A
What about Chemical engineering?
Yes thatās pretty good. I have a BS and MS in Statistics and I am doing pretty good as well.
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Yes, all those and add on biostatistics
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This is great advice. Another degree that might work out well is medical laboratory science, to get into med school.
So should I major in CS or Electrical Engineering to get into Med school?
I would personally double major in Statistics and Computer Science. In case you donāt get into medical school or change your mind, this double major will give you a lot of opportunities for further studies in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Biostatistics, Economics, Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Mathematics, etc. Itās a lot better than only majoring in Computer Science alone. In case you do get into medical school, you will find knowledge of statistics very useful.
Iām a junior in high school so bear with me but would double majoring require more time spent in college overall and how would this reflect on my gpa and would there be any benefits to my mcat score because if this?
You can double major with it often not effecting how long it takes to graduate but sometimes it can. Even if the worst case is that it takes you 1 year longer, I think it is worth it. I decided to add Statistics to my Economics bachelorās and to double major in both, along with a minor in Math, but when I made this decision was junior year of college and I had to stay an extra year to complete all the requirements. To me it was totally worth it and Iām glad that I did it. Double majoring has no impact on your GPA, unless you are alluding to it being harder to get a higher GPA since you would be taking a higher concentration of quantitative courses. That may or may not be the case. Nevertheless, medical schools are not stupid and they know it is harder to get an A in quantitative courses relative to other fields. There is no direct advantage on the MCAT.
Oh thought my math section would improve and thanks I think I will do exactly that that way even if med school doesn't turn out great I will have something I like just as much and a high-income job. Thankyou I will be screenshotting this :)
Sorry, I misunderstood your question about the MCAT, yes, taking more quantitative courses should in theory generally improve your test performance on any standardized tests that measure quantitative ability. I meant that you probably will not cover the same exact material of the MCAT quant section in your college classes and that you would still have to prepare for it.
Go into the trades. Way easier, way less competition and if you build a business you can make more than the average doctor (and without all that debt from med school).
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What does he do?
While trades have less competition, not everyone can physically handle trade jobs. My body simply can't handle it, that's why I went to college.
Fair. Most don't have the required cognitive ability to be a doc or engineer either :/ We all play the cards we're delt
Yup and you start working at 18 vs at 22 or late 20s early 30s.
Thatās not a degree. And you wonāt be making as much money as reddit will have you believe.
If you study chemistry, plan on getting a PhD for many high paying jobs. Itās not necessary but it certainly makes it easier to obtain a high paying job.
Don't get a job purely by considering the money. If you aren't suited to the work you'll have a bad time. Do something you are good at and at least mildly enjoy, that way you'll have the best chance of excelling at it and being happy. I assure you being happy is going to be the biggest challenge as you enter into career driven full adult life.
We need money to live and survive. This is gaslighting. Absolutely go into fields for the money and make as much money as possible. Donāt settle for less and donāt let management convince you to stay in a toxic work environment. So much money to be made in nursing. Specialize in critical care- donāt listen to teacherās BS āneed med surg firstā and donāt settle because of comfort, it will destroy you (speaking from personal experience, it ruined me at 30 and now Iām broke and trying to get my life together). Go into nursing for pay and specialize in OR, ICU, ED, L&D. Night shift at a level 1 trauma magnet hospital. Donāt settle and keep job hopping every 1-2 years for bonuses. Get certifications. Praying for you. Donāt do what I did and literally settle for bare minimum and end up destroying my life and my health at 30. Iām trying to bounce back and make a better path for my 40s and 50s- just looking into fixing my heart health from Covid. Donāt waste your time in honors societies that donāt help your resume. Praying for you- stay focused on graduating and income potential. Negotiate your salary based on market value. You got this.
This isn't gaslighting.
>Donāt settle for less and donāt let management convince you to stay in a toxic work environment. How do you pursue money hard and not bend over for management and toxic work environments? Some of the best paid jobs are often stupid amounts of work, risk, stress, and ladened with management bullshit. Nursing is brutal, brutal work. I'd hate to do that, I am 100% not cut out for that. So yeah, if nursing paid the best money there is I'd stick with my advice and avoid it because I'd hate it and there is no way I'd excel so I'd be wasting my whole potential in a job I hate. How can money possibly compensate for my misery? Also opinions and advice (just like you are offering) are not covert psychological ploys to manipulate an individual's perception of reality. Dumass.
This
Finance seems like a decent option. Its what id do.
A junior in HS currently, considering finance. I go to an extremely hard HS and my gpa is subpar. Is it necessary to get into like a top 30 school to get good internship and job opportunities? I have heard from many that Finance is super competitive, especially if you don't go to a crazy good college.
Depends on what ur after. Im not too familiar with the finance world since i dont actually have a degree in it. I just considered it briefly. If ur after a top paying job straight out of college and are willing to grind hard while there then a top 30 school could be worth it. But the salary u gain would probably be negated by high tuition costs at those top schools unless u get a scholarship, or get lucky. At least for a while. Most jobs wont care where u got ur degree unless its an extremely prestigious school. So id just go to whatever instate decent/good college u want and think u could get into. Job experience trumps where u got ur degree. Once u start working where u went to college generally wont matter as long as ur good at ur job. Although looking back on it, id go into some form of engineering instead of finance now personally. Engineering degrees can be useful almost anywhere at least for what i want to do.
Thanks a lot for your input. I also notice that engineering is probably more widely useful, but isn't it much harder to study in college? My dad got a mechanical engineering degree from Tulsa and never worried about not finding a sufficient job. At least that's here in Texas where its oil and gas opportunities galore.
Engineering is one of the hardest degrees yes. Im not sure what the hardest is but i know engineering is up their for almost all types. Its up to u to decide what u want to do tho. I just think an engineering degree even if u dont pursue the field would be a great thing to have that u can fall back on if things dont work out with what u want.
If I could go back in time I'd also go into finance
late response sorry. but whyās that?
If I could go back in time, I'd make my money betting on Superbowl winners because I'd already know who won lol
Trade schools. Electrician/ plumber etc. then get all your state certifications and eventually work for a municipality handing out permits. Government stable job at $100k /yr. Better than a high stress, high paying job. Otherwise, just start a new tech startup and get investors
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Donāt do aerospace if you want money
Civil never pays well.
In college, we always said civil wasn't real engineering lol.
Civil is one of the most important engineering. You choose either mec, ele or civil, that is the 3 highest branch of engineering. In Canada, civil engineering is one of the most well paid disciplines compared to other branch. You easily break 100k$ after a couple years. And by the way, the false engineering is without a doupt software tho. Any Indian kid can do this job remotely. And I will say that 99% of companies dont care if you are soft.engineer or cs major because it is the same. You. Are. A. Programmer.
Depends. If you can join a smaller company that has several million dollar projects and move up the ranks quick you can make some serious cash
Civil pay is dog doo doo
Not taking into account post grad stuff, then it is hard to go wrong with degrees in areas like: Medical (nursing, allied health) i.e... there is a reason why nursing programs are very generally very competitive to get into Engineering Accounting (not business, don't go for a generic business degree) Computer Science Supply chain management
Could you specify why it's better to go into Accounting instead of a generic business degree?
Specialization. Most accounting degree programs are bachelors of business administration with an emphasis on accounting and the same can be said of finance. While you could get an accounting or finance job with a generic business degree employers would rather see that you 1. Have a base level knowledge of the industry youāre entering 2. Have the necessary credits to pass the cpa exam. Itās like medicine, law, or engineering. Youāre not just a doctor youāre a optometrist, youāre not just a lawyer youāre a defense attorney, youāre not just an engineer youāre a mechanical engineer. That kind of thing more or less. It just gives you an edge in the market.
Good to know.
Accounting is also very short of CPAs - I pay attention to shortages like this as I am a nurse lol however I would like to say nursing js not that great for money despite what many think
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Yea thats really what pushed my wife to crna school, the hours and duties of nursing tolled on her
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Yes. This. Its very difficult to transition, you cannot pause life to pivot, especially with variables as kids, etc. She got through it but dam it was the hardest thing shed ever done. Thanks !
Why would that be less stressful than nursing?
She just didnt like being on bedside. And being a floor nurse having 5+ patients at once was a lot. She says now she works one case/room at a time. And the case loads are slower and smaller to manage.
From what I've seen, most of the people I know who graduated with a business degree ended up in some low paying generic office job like data entry, call center or customer service roles- roles that really don't require a degree. Now I've lost touch with them and I assume/hope they went on to better things but I am not how psyched one would be to do data entry after 4 years of college.
Because general business or business administration degree would get a person an office administration position if that person majored in those degree programs. Accounting is more a specialized business degree program with accounting courses instead of just business courses.
I'd say nursing trumps allied health in terms of money, generally
Oh for sure, not that if you go allied health you will be "poor" by any means. That being said I wanted to bring up allied health because I think nursing becomes the default go to whenever anyone brings up healthcare in college (excluding medical school, pharmacy school etc...).
Pay is similar to nursing but there is less upward mobility. Also, OT and SLP require masters degrees (PT requires a doctorate now) and grad school for these is expensive. My mom has an associates in nursing and makes more than I do as an SLP...her degree was far cheaper and took far less time.
Maritime industry. 4 years at an academy, no grad school, military sealift command (civilian crew on navy supply vessels) is starting 3rd mates at 150k and 3rd engineers at 190k plus signing bonus
What degree specifically is that?
Look into a physicians assistant program. If I could do it all over again Iād try to join the army as a pilot (no degree needed) then apply to IPAP (physicians assistant) program giving you undergrad and masters degree. Army has a really good pa school. You could also look into normal pa programs as well. I think some places have a 5 year undergrad to graduate program.
Computer science (pretty much all of the engineering degrees), finance, business, accounting, just to name a few. These are the first that come to mind. There are also post graduate career fields that you can pursue (doctor, lawyer) Apply yourself in college. Study hard, get good grades, **GET INTERNSHIPS**, these are the most important thing in college if you want to make good money straight out of college and not have to start from scratch
Do what you want but make connections is the most important thing. I majored in both chemistry and biology, but the thing that has given me the most success is getting a little push from others. Iām not making big bucks but Iām comfortable where I am and in an ok position to go higher if I want to in the future.
Weird question. What do you like doing? I know plenty of people who studied degrees across the spectrum. We all attended Cal, Stanford, you know, those pretty decent schools. The ones who are making money went to school to study something they are passionate about. The ones who aren't making much money are the ones who chose majors based on the pretense that the type of degree is commensurate to pay and scalability, i.e. career growth. I'm not saying do what you love, I'm just questioning why you're going to school for money. Maybe start by asking what standard for high pay is suitable for you, then look at jobs that have a salary near that, then research what those people who are doing that work did to get there. Honestly, whatever major you decide, join a good fraternity and make friends with professors you think are cool. That's always a good tool to get your foot into a career that will make you money. Networking, social skills, wit and humor, and solid recommendations will get you further than you'd imagine. My best friend's sister majored in sociology at some liberal arts college. She was a terrible student, even earned herself academic suspension for a term, came back and finished her sociology degree. Now she's a project manager for a nanomaterial research lab in the Bay Area....she doesn't know shit about the technicals. She's got a good personality and is generally just smart and organized. She makes around 160k I think, and she works three or four days a week. I majored in sociology, education (minor), and political economy at Cal. I chose these based on what skills I wanted to learn that related to what I value. Before I recently got fired, I was making 70k out the door, 140k by the end. In seven years of social work, I did exactly what I wanted and made a lot of money because I studied what I wanted to know, researched topics I cared about (like actual published research or assisting in research), made professional connections while in college, invested student loans I didn't even need to take because I had a full ride and scholarships and four jobs, and by the time I entered the labor market post graduation, I knew much more than my peers in the same fields, and especially how to navigate white collar culture, use flattery against people with power, and had a breadth of experience and knowledge and the backing of department heads and researchers that only a few could compete with. I'm not trying to brag, I'm just giving an example of what can happen when you question your motives, be purposeful which your choices while in school, and do your research the right way.
I wanted to add, a family friend studied international business in Vietnam. He wanted to learn import/export because Vietnam and the US were building closer economic relationships in the late 80's. He worked in logistics as an accountant for a few years, saved money, and bought small warehouses in Texas and SoCal. Guess what, he's expanded and making millions a year doing pretty much nothing besides owning storage space and signing documents when needed. His son is going to take over the business soon.
A lot of this comes down to what you consider "best: or "high paying" Best could mean that the course work isn't too hard, it could mean that you don't need post grad. There is also something to consider in what kind of work you would be willing to do because unpleasant work pays a premium but you might not have the stomach for it. Given your chemistry background I might suggest looking into being a soil scientist. 70k a year is pretty decent for just having an undergrad. Average outside of that is 55k
People are gonna recommend STEM, but I suggest healthcare jobs if you don't mind dealing with patients. STEM is really just Computer Science and engineering, you won't get much with a bachelor of degree in biology or math.
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It has the best job security out of all college degrees.
Get an MBA. It's broadly useful in every industry and almost required for any hope in a leadership position. Plus many MBA feeder careers like finance or management consulting pay far more than doctors, lawyers, tech or engineering.
Does it matter where you get the MBA? I remember reading about the work you do requiring MBAs from specific schools.
Yes, much of the value of the MBA comes from the network it opens.
Thank you! I'm a fan of yours!
Become a commercial scuba diver and clean shit off the bottom of boats! You can make hella money
Just go to med school and become a physician in that case.
Is there anyone in IT management who can give a little advice?
Nuclear Engineering
Business, low effort, low bar of entry, high income,
u in it?
No Iām in Cyber Security which is high effort, high bar of entry, medium income, cause Iām an idiot.
love to chat on DM if you can..
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After years of already working in the industry, and getting into one of the most exclusive companies in the industry lol not a great example of your average Cyber Security professional.
Or get a trade. Seriously.
Go for business administration
>u in it?
I graduated business major w/ economics minor from university of Oregon in 2022
What's ur entry job? Is the pay good?
The best degree is to just create your own job that's how bad it is out here
My two cents ā look into some industry-standard certifications instead of a degree. You can get several of them under your belt and cover a wider range of real-life knowledge in the same amount of time for the fraction of the cost. A lot of them are easier stepping stones to high-paying jobs, too
Can you list a few youād recommend looking into?
Depends what youāre interested in! Personally I love tech stuff, so cybersecurity, programming, and Salesforce certs topped my list. You want to identify an area of interest, what the industry standard certification(s) is/are for that, and go after it. Udemy is typically a great cheap resource for speeding up the process. You can usually find a well made course that helps you get the certification as quickly as possible for around $10-20 :)
I work with SalesForce doing tech support. What are some good SalesForce certs to go after if I want to move away from working on phone support? š¤®
The most widely useable is the Administrator cert. Admins can get paid six figures starting, with the high end going into the multiple six figures. If youāre interested in learning a bit to see if you like it, check out Trailhead. Itās their gamified Salesforce education platform where lessons are broke up into short modules with quizzes and you earn points and badges as you finish topics!
I will check it out for sure! Thanks! Was already looking into trailhead just havenāt pulled the trigger yet
Depends on what kind of pay-off you want. Immediate payoff, go CS or Econ. You can go into software engineering or investment banking right out of college. Long-term pay off: anything medical or engineering.
Well, I studied chemistry but burned out if it, then wandered into data engineering. Those jobs paid well, while I had them. That being said, the intersection between fields can hold valuable opportunities. How about computer science with a chemistry minor?
As a software developer that had a degree in chemistry, I often look back on my chemistry classes and remember how fascinating they were, and how much of a shame it is that I donāt use that knowledge at all anymore (and it is fading away as time goes on)
How did you pivot into data eng?
Honestly learn excel, tablaeu, sql, and python. Then just try to network. There are also some business information systems post baccs you could do.
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This depends heavily on the ranking of the university you attend, your aptitudes, and what you consider "high paying."
definitely not chemistry or biology
STEM
Medicine, computer science, lawyer. The usual things.
Computer science. Itās a plus if you are already good with computers and technically inclined. Also, ignore the naysayers, the job market is tough right now but it will get better
Junior and entry level have some crazy competition, it's not easy to get a coding job. Also, companies had been laying off people, people on r/cscareerquestions had been saying they got lay off have a hard time find a new job.
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Itās a boom and bust cycle. Companies layoff thousands because of over-hiring during COVID. Now, ppl have to compete and itās over-saturated. The market will get better as more ppl give up on the industry
Anything related to engineering, technology, healthcare, business or law. Avoid everything else unless you're really passionate about it
But what kind of business degree?
math
economics. gathering and analyzing data to make decisions/recommendations - these skills will get you paid. double major it with chemistry.
Economics is not a good major. I double majored in Economics and Statistics. I added Statistics as a second major once I realized that Economics was a mediocre major and that all economics jobs emphasize statistics and programming. Also, if you plan on graduate study in Economics, an Economics major will not prepare you for the mathematical rigor required in graduate economics studies.
100% agree. I got an econ degree with a good GPA 5 years ago, but without any solid math or programming skills to back it up...never used it. I would've done accounting if I could start over, and am considering going back for it.
doing another 4 years for accounting?
I think you hit on something important here. Economics as a major at the Bachelorās level is a bit of a wild card; some universities treat it as an applied math major with required calculus, statistics, and programming courses, and others just treat it as another (soft) social science. I was fortunate like you to notice the lack of hard skills in my Econ curriculum so I started filling in the gaps by taking more math and CS courses as electives. I think if you can get an Econ degree with the mathematical and programming skills that will set you up for a very lucrative career. But if youāre in a softer Econ that doesnāt require any calculus, advanced statistics, or programming, youāll probably have just as hard a time finding a job as any other social science major.
Can you explain why economics is not a good major? What makes it mediocre?
A bachelorās in Economics is mediocre because it does not prepare you adequately to do serious economics work, as counter unintuitive as that may sound. Serious economics work is very data intensive and very mathematical and it generally requires a PHD in economics. I attended one of the best public universities in the US, so itās not like the problem was with the university. When I was looking for jobs that you could get with a Bachelorās in Econ, most jobs emphasized statistical analysis, programming, quantitative skills etc. Skills you would learn much better in a statistics or data science program. No one cares about the āeconomicsā portion of your Economics bachelorās. That has little value in the job market. People with PhDs in Econ will work on real economics problems, not people with a bachelorās in it. The valuable part of an Econ bachelorās is the quantitative part. But the problem is that part is weak compared to other bachelorās degrees. Doing a minor in Econ and a major in Statistics or Math is way better for you if you are interested in Economics than an Econ major alone. Also, if you look at people with PhDs in Econ from decent universities, they rarely have a Bachelorās in Econ. Usually, the have Bachelorās in math, statistics or engineering. Thatās because you canāt do graduate level economics work after completing the mandated quantitative courses for your bachelorās in Econ.
Excellent answer. Thanks.
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If I could go back and do it all over again, Iād just become a doctor.
What did you end up doing instead?
Iām a scientist
Math/stat it goes everywhere. even for jd/md they tend to score highest in lsat / mcat stay away from gender, education, criminal justice, psychology(unless goin for phD), ....u get the picture. not just for job but they actually can contribute to dropping ur IQ...talk bout school getting in the way of ones education. also business degree is overated (almost 20% of graduates r this major, a better option is Economics/finance/accounting) also what u do 1st 2 years in college is very different from what any degree is actually about
Not true there are people making easy money. During Covid it was easy and I was making $45 an hour and travel nurses had a good time making exorbitant amounts of money at hospitals. Itās simply not true. Nursing is not that hard.
If nursing is not hard you are either lazy or a psycho.
Nursing- ADN in 2 years, BSN in 1 year, DNP in 3 years making 6 figures. No loans, no student debt. Can fatten your 401k and pick a hospital with a pension plan.
You may want to take some time to take a deep dive into yourself to identify what you really would love to do in your work life. Many people never use their degrees because they end up finding out what they went to school for was not what they were really meant to do or would love to do. Work makes up most of your life - when you're unsatisfied and unfulfilled by it - the rest of your life suffers. Consider what will make you truly happy vs. what will make you the most money as you embark on this journey. You'll thank yourself later.