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Most Marketable Majors?

Kevin M.Kevin M.
edited July 2009 in General
In your opinion, what are the most marketable majors that don't require graduate school? If you're not a super math genius or the next J.K. Rowling, what could you study in college and legitimately make a living off of it?

Also... what jobs do you imagine would be the most prosperous (based on the major)?

Comments

  • hikin
    edited July 2009
    stay the fuck out of history. thats all i can say. unless you have plans to go into education or a MA/PhD.
  • Lixie
    edited July 2009
    I don't think it really matters what you study anymore--unless you want to specialize in something.

    Most places now will look at your bachelor's degree and not even glance at what you got it in--so just go with your own interests.

    Your bachelor degree just gets you a higher salary--it won't actually teach you anything you need to know to further your career.
  • GeoGeek
    edited July 2009
    I'm not in business but I think those in Accounting and Finance are slated to be in the upper echelon of earning power.

    Median Salary by Years Experience - Certification: Chartered Accountant (CA) (Canada)
    Median-Salary-by-Years-Experience---Cert

    Median Salary by Years Experience - Certification: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) (Canada)
    Median-Salary-by-Years-Experience---Cert
  • online predatoronline predator
    edited July 2009
    I like CS. But the field is seriously fast paced. Accounting is something I'm sure I'm capable of because I used to help my parents out before, and sorta got the gist of it.
  • imelting
    edited July 2009
    GeoGeek;57316 said:
    I'm not in business but I think those in Accounting and Finance are slated to be in the upper echelon of earning power.
    getting a cfa is no easy task.. earnings power after is a foregone conclusion
  • Greg
    edited July 2009
    In general, the most marketable majors in the simplest sense are those geared towards specific professional qualifications or credentials. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are nursing, engineering, teaching, and accountancy. All of these except teachers and sometime nurses generally make a fair amount of money.

    That said, I think it's important to remember that how marketable a job is can change over time, even in the short time you're in school. For instance "in my day", which was only maybe 5 years ago, when I was looking at this same question at this government website:

    http://www.jobfutures.ca/noc/browse-occupations-work-prospects.shtml

    engineering and accounting were both huge, now they're in the "fair" category, not the "good" category. I chose a career in academia which at the time didn't have great prospects and they're now supposedly "good".

    If you mean in a more broad sense, as in what degree could I get to convince employers they should "hire me for a job not directly related to the degree", in general, probably any B.Sc. and especially something computer related. But it could depend on the job. In the end how you market what you learned in that degree is probably the most important thing, more than the degree itself unless you got some really weird and specific degree.
  • nicole
    edited July 2009
    I'm in fair )=
  • vonnie
    edited July 2009
    I'm in "Good".

    That's "good". lol.
  • online predatoronline predator
    edited July 2009
    hey i'm in good!
  • ikkaku
    edited July 2009
    I'm good as well, however, I clicked on the actual thing and it said date last modified 2007 lol

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