https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...ppquJVDGdSd-n77fu651a1g&bvm=bv.71778758,d.aWw Is college worth it? What makes the best degrees? I know a lot of people go back to get Business Administration Degree. What are the job options when you leave?
Best college degree? One whose last name is "engineering". Electrical engineering. Mechanical engineering. Biotechnical engineering. Etc., etc. Here's a good sampling of these kinds of degrees: http://engineering.tamu.edu/academics/degrees
Depends on what you want to do. If you dream of a life without working, French Literature is a good option. Women's Studies, Black Studies, Gay Studies, and those sorts of degrees are wonderful if you don't want to have a job. All three will have courses on maximizing welfare benefits. Decide what you hope to do and go from there. Visit with people working in the field you hope to work in and talk to them. When I was a cop, students would come and talk to me. I recommended against degrees in Criminal Justice or something related because a lot of young people enjoy police work but after a few years working nights and weekends is a drag, dealing with politicians is sickening, and they leave police work. A degree in criminal justice doesn't transfer well.
I completely agree. Engineering is the best way to go, and you will get a job. At some universities Computer Information Science is also an Engineering degree.
Got my Masters in Business Administration, but that was while working my way up through a large company to become Service Director. Its good for me now because of the endless load of Health and Safety, Employment law and other bureaucracy we have to deal with over in the UK. I can also make a few quid advising other small businesses in a consultancy capacity. But if I am honest my most useful qualification is my O level drama, from interview to board presentations the ability to b/s with the best of them has helped more than anything. Cynical old git that I have become.
Right you are! Even way back in the ancient days when I went to the University of Texas I could see that I needed to go for a Bachelor of Science degree. Today, I ain't rich, but I'm damn sure not poor, either....
Being an IT manager I can suggest "Information Technology" [may be at Harvard ...] or "Software engineering" to be more practical and specialized.
I disagree; while engineering is a decent degree, medicine is an easy path to the big bucks, if you're willing to work hard. Having a family full of doctors and surgeons, I would recommend studying medicine, especially due to the fact that America has a slight shortage of doctors.
Agree. Medical doctoring is one way to go. Engineering? It's okay but not so much anymore. A business degree from a high-powered university trumps all. Although you probably don't learn much about actual and practical commercial stuff, you learn to be presentable, speak and write well and to be willing to cooperate and conform to the mold that a corporation has in mind for you on it's team. Business Administration 101: It's better to have 50 million unsatisfied customers than one million satisfied customers.
I would agree, if you have what it takes for healthcare (I don't) then it is definitely the field to go for
What do you want to do for a living? While I agree majoring in an area that has a higher probability of sustaining job growth is important. , It's also important to have an interest in the subject matter. You'll be devoting a large part of your waking hours to a career path, you might as well enjoy what you do to an extent. For example...are you an introvert? Good at numbers and math? Accounting or Engineering might be fields you would excel at. Are you an extrovert? Do you enjoy serving others, nursing or criminal justice might be fields you'd have an interest in to become a nurse or police officer. Don't force yourself into a career path based solely on it's ability to provide a stable job, because things change and change fast. What is a growth field now may not be in 10 years, in 10 years the field may be saturated...Law is a lot like that, there are simply too many lawyers. I chose military officership and as a civilian I'm in the transportation business, mainly aviation, the job security in civilian aviation is volatile as air transportation is sensitive to economic changes. I enjoy the field and I've never been unemployed. I may not retire wealthy, but I wake up looking forward to what I do to earn a paycheck.
What you can do as far as a degree, as cheaply as you can through an accredited program if your able to do a liberal arts degree and not good at science and its affordable for you to do then its better than no degree.
True; I am currently looking into medicine and business law courses from some Ivy League schools, since I am a year or two away from college decisions. - - - Updated - - - Again, very true; it all depends on the person. Like I said, I'm not sure whether to go into medicine or corporate law... Does anyone have any advice?
Yes, but if you are not engineering material, a History degree will get you far. About 1/2 of good salesmen have History degrees.
I enjoy the study of history a lot, and i always made good grades in every history course I took in college. But, man, I'd hate to have to earn a living with that as my college major. Funny though, I'd have loved to have taught it in college. The country wouldn't be in such an abysmal state today if more people knew something about our real history....
Law will get you out the door and working for a living much faster. That only take 7 years. corporote law is too generic if you intend to work for Wall Street. Look into a school that has a specialty track for what you want to do--Securities, complex commercial transactions, etc.
Depends on how you define best. For best earning potential with only an undergraduate, petroleum engineering. If I remember right the average starting salary in that field is well into six figures. But really you should set better parameters. I m might note that if you're seeking lure knowledge, philosophy or the classics are great. Philosophy will help you understand logic and form better arguments - and is generally great for enhancing your intellectual skills they have some of the very best GRE and LSAT scores. So I think you should better define "best"
Medicine. My graduate degree was in Physician Assistant with post graduate training in cardiothoracic surgery. http://www.marquette.edu/physician-assistant/
I will never say that college is a waste. However, it is not for everyone. The important question to ask yourself is this- does your field absolutely require it? In other words, are you a doctor, lawyer or architect? If you aren't, a degree is pretty useless. No one cares in outside of those fields. What they want to see is talent and results. Show that you can do the job, and you'll be fine. I never finished my degree, and I work for a great ad agency in Chicago.
Ivy League ain't easy. I gather you mean that you're two years from starting undergrad. Ivy League will be tough to get into, even the easier Ivies like Cornell. Study hard, and get good marks - and study hard for the ACT or SAT, and do some sporte or clubs. You need to be well rounded and excel in all things to have a fair shot at that, but if you start hankering down now you certainly can make it. BUT, if you intend to go to law school, Cornell should be one of your top choices. Any Ivy League had a good undergrad, but Cornell has one of the very best law schools. I'll note for you that medicine is more competitive, and more stable. If you go to a real med school and graduate, you'll get a job. Law school isn't quite so certain. Many law schools have only about half their graduates actually getting jobs as lawyers within a year. Even top law school graduates will often be 5-15% unemployed a year after grad. I wanted to be a doctor, but dropped that because I'm better suited for law than med, and because law school is less competitive. That and it is so much shorter!
Medicine has to be 1st...mortician 2nd... no such thing as a bad degree its comes down knowing how to apply the learning skills aquired...one of my daughters has the much maligned (by idiots) degree in fine arts, had a job as a commercial artist within a month of graduation...another daughter has two degrees in archeology/history, was hired into the medical research field 3 months before she graduated...meanwhile my son in law who graduated with honors and a business degree can't find a job...
I love teaching English. Although my major was control engineering but I decided to be in a more festive place as it is for an English teacher
