Doctors are the most popular professional jobs with the highest salary for American graduates

Doctors are the most popular professional jobs with the highest salary for American graduates Want to go back to school, but still hesitating about which major to choose? "Fortune" magazine reported that it just came out...

Want to go back to school, but still hesitating about which major to choose? "Fortune" magazine reported that the just-published "College Majors Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs" can help career-oriented readers choose elective majors.

This 546-page book covers career information for 58 majors, including what types of jobs you can find after graduating from each major, the relevance of post-graduation jobs to professional knowledge, graduates' job satisfaction and their salaries.

The editorial team, led by Neeta P. Fogg, professor at Drexel University, and Paul Harrington, director of the university's Labor Market and Policy Research Center, referred to a large number of data and reports from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Center for Labor Research, as well as a 2011 National Science Foundation survey of 170,000 college graduates.

Researchers found that the median salary for full-time jobs for recent graduates in 2010 was $53,976. However, the salary of graduates in the following 15 majors is much higher than this average salary:

1. Pre-med (Pre-med) $100,000

2. Computer systems engineering (Computer systems engineering) $85,000

3. Pharmacy (Pharmacy) $84,000 USD

4. Chemical engineering $80,000

5. Electrical and electronics engineering $75,000

6. Mechanical engineering $75,000 USD

7. Aerospace and aeronautical engineering $74,000

8. Computer science $73,000

9. Industrial engineering $73,000 USD

10. Physics and astronomy (Physics and astronomy) $72,200 USD

11. Civil engineering (Civil engineering) $70,000 USD Function

12. Electrical and electronics engineering technology (Electrical and electronics engineering technology) $65,000

13. Economics $63,300

14. Financial management $63,000

15. Mechanical engineering technology $63,000

Obviously, many engineering majors are on the list, and even other non-engineering majors on the list require a strong mathematical foundation. Are you not good at math? Fortunately, for those majoring in the liberal arts, the book comments: "Salary is not the only reward for a college education."

The average annual salary of a general Chinese major is only $44,000, which is significantly lower than the average salary of $54,000 for all 58 majors. However, their job satisfaction is comparable to those of high-income groups. Similarly, the average starting salary for recent history majors is only $48,000, but they often end up working in fields unrelated to their majors, such as sales and marketing. The report shows that their job satisfaction is higher than the average level of employees in these industries.

In addition, the author also pointed out that even college majors at the bottom of the salary statistics table are worth taking as electives because these majors can enhance students' earning power: According to 2011 data, in the same position, the average salary of practitioners with a bachelor's degree is about 81% higher than that of workers with only a high school degree. Moreover, the salary advantage of highly educated workers will last a lifetime. It follows that in the current weak job market, it is wise to have a college degree and understand the future return on investment of these majors in advance.