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Top 10 highest paying degrees of 2010

Schadenfroh

Schadenfroh

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Average starting pay for 4-Year degrees that is...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/29408064/Highest_Paid_Bachelor_s_Degrees_2010

1. Petroleum Engineer: $86,220
2. Chemical Engineer: $65,142
3. Mining / Mineral Engineering: $64,552
4. Computer Science: $61,205
5. Computer Engineer: $60,879
6. Electrical Engineer: $59,074
7. Mechanical Engineer: $58,392
8. Industrial Engineer: $57,734
9. Aerospace Engineer: $57,231
10. Information Sciences & Systems: $54,038

My boss is anti-CS and pro CompE and EE, so I find CS defeating those two amusing.

8/10 slots go to engineers, 9/10 if you consider CS engineering.

AT seems to be quite wealthy, as CS + EE + CompE likely comprise 50%+ of our population.
 
the petroleum engineering building was occupied by my major at UT. too bad it doesn't seem to have rubbed off.
 
If I am a junior majoring in pole dancing... would it be too late to change my major to petroleum engineering? That's a lot of dough to not have to put up with sweaty old guys touching you all night.
 
Hmm thats strange. My home ec major isn't on that list. Neither is my friend's black studies major.
 
Petroleum engineering seems like it would be a risky career though, too dependent on booms & busts. the boom times are great, the bust times...not so much.
 
bignateyk said:
Yeah, so they still have a job. Once the oil runs out they're fucked.
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If you had a PE degree then you would realize we are not going to run out of oil in your lifetime. Peak Oil estimates are always made at a certain technology level and that level is ever increasing. We are drilling and extracting oil/NG from areas that would have been impossible just a decade ago.
 
iFX said:
With a CS degree name one job you can get out of school without additional training, we're talking a real, salaried job, not Walmart.
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Software Engineer. It is the companies job to recognize the talent and train you. Experience helps a ton but is not necessary - I know plenty of people who got developer positions right out of school.
 
bignateyk said:
It's bound to run out eventually.

I'm an EE though, so unless electricity runs out, I should be in the clear. 😎
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Considering electricity is a derived energy source if your predictions of other energy sources running out are true you are just as fucked unless lightning shoots out of your ass.
 
Ronstang said:
Considering electricity is a derived energy source if your predictions of other energy sources running out are true you are just as fucked unless lightning shoots out of your ass.
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The thing is, solar, nuclear, petrolium, wind, geothermal, hamster wheel, and whatever other energy engineers you like to list will have to go out before EEs are in trouble. There are a lot of energy sources out there.
 
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