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College Majors Figure Big in Earnings
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The Georgetwon University Center on Education and the Workforce 2015 report shows the different college majors, annual wages and lifetime earnings based on Census Bureau data. Engineering comes first, followed by computers. Advanced graduate degrees make a large difference in earnings in health sciences. A lot depends on the standing in the class with top 25% of the class in finance having much higher earnings. A lot also depends on the individual. Employment opportunities may be lacking even if annual wages are high, as in architecture.
2015 report on college majors and annual wages from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
05/07/2015
The report looks at annual wages, employment opportunities and lifetime earnings for different college majors. It ranks engineering first, computers second. Heathcare and Law come further down the list. For healthcare advanced studies and graduate degrees can double incomes. In finance and business the top 25% in grades do a lot better than the rest. Architecture has high incomes but fewer opportunities for employment. A lot depends on the individual say authors of the study.
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