Top Jobs for the Class of 2009 (Proof That You Can Get a Job with a Liberal Arts Degree)
With the full results of the study set to come out in July, NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) has given us a sneak peak at the top jobs for 2008-2009 based on salary for bachelor majors. Even though these stats are more of a lumping together of numbers and don’t contribute any sort of advice about how you should approach your career path, we all can agree that lists are always fun. Sorry to ruin the surprise, but business majors are doing better than any of the other majors of the 2008 grads, meaning they are getting more job offers.
The six bachelor degree majors they listed are: engineering, sciences, computer science, health care, business, and liberal arts. We don’t suggest you choose your college major based on your starting salary once you graduate, but the kind of paying jobs you can land with your degree might be useful to some who need to choose their majors soon and undecided.
Without further ado…
Engineering majors:
1. Software Design & Development $66,134
2. Production Engineering $65,946
3. Process Engineering (Chemical) $64,527
Sciences Majors
1. Project Engineering $56,553
2. Teaching $36,461
3. Research (Technical/Scientific) $34,103
Computer Science Majors
1. Software Design & Development $66,290
2. Computer Programming $58,312
3. Systems Analysis & Design $51,572
Healthcare Majors (only two were listed)
1. Pharmacist $111,782 For numbers like this you might not mind mind going to school for 4 years to double as a convenience store clerk.
2. Registered Nurse $46,255
Business Majors (by far the category with the most jobs)
1. Investment Banking (Sales & Trading) $57,929 Well maybe not anymore…
2. Consulting $56,754
3. Investment Banking (Corporate Finance) $52,151
Liberal Arts Majors
1. Management, General (Mid to Upper Level) $45,775
2. Law Enforcement $43,806 Read them their Miranda Rights in iambic pentameter
3. Sales $42,677
Something that we’ve stressed in our blogposts is that what you study in college is a personal decision, just like the career path you take. So while these studies may give us something to chew on, don’t take these results as food for thought. Most people end up with jobs that have nothing to do with their college majors. Our advice is to study what you are most passionate about. Check out the full results of the NACE survey when it comes out in July.
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