10 Most Lucrative College Degrees

By Susan - Saturday 3 Jan 10:15 am

The different types of college degrees are vast and voluminous, and the amount of fields of employment to enter into are numerous. Some college degrees can guarantee that you are offered an extremely beneficial and lucrative starting salary, others can’t. Depending on your specifications and personal interests, you could be selecting a college degree that doesn’t offer a large return on investment by way of your potential salary. Selecting a college degree that suits your personal interests and talents, as well as offering a lucrative return on salary is definitely the option that you want to be searching for.

Some career paths will start with a college degree that can guarantee you a competitive salary and an advantageous setup from the start. There are some variables such as location, graduating college etc. that could alter these figures somewhat, but generally speaking, the college degrees listed below are found to be highly lucrative in terms of the opening salary they offer upon commencement of employment.

According to an article published in 2007 on CNN Money, the following college degrees return the most financial rewards in terms of the starting salary that can be offered upon finding employment within that field. Some changes might have occurred in the last year to the figures listed alongside these college degrees:

1. Chemical Engineering – The most lucrative college degree on offer promising students a starting salary of $59361 per annum 
2. Computer Engineering – Bringing in $56201 as a starting salary after completing a college degree in this field 
3. Electrical Engineering – $55291 is the opening salary post attaining a college degree in this subject 
4. Mechanical Engineering – College degree holders in this field can expect to earn $54128 upon commencement of employment 
5. Computer Science – Upon graduation, a college degree in Computer Science could earn you $53396 as a starting salary 
6. Civil Engineering – $48509 is the starting salary for employees with a college degree in Civil Engineering 
7. Economics – A college degree in Economics will earn you an opening salary of $48483 per annum 
8. Management of Information Systems – With a starting salary of $47648, college degree holders can guarantee themselves a head start in life 
9. Finance – A college degree in Finance opens with a starting salary of $47239 
10. Accounting – $46718 is offered as an opening salary to college degree holders in the field of Accounting

If the college degrees listed above don’t compliment your strengths and skills in any way, then you could opt to enter into the field of Business Administration or Management, Marketing, Political Science or Government, or perhaps a college degree in History, English, Sociology or Psychology? These subjects were also listed in the same article as the top choices for the most lucrative college degree choices, and offer extremely competitive salaries as listed in the Summer of 2007. The entire article can be read in context by visiting the CNN Money website here.

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