Best-Pay Major

wow....xanga looks so different.....

anyway, back in the days where everyone was so worried about choosing the wrong major, people just always chose the hot-trend majors. But the best major for best pay (Ten Year Avg Salary) is a surprise......I guess for those who are deciding what major to go for, they'd better read this.....LOL

Major (sort) # Starting Salary Current Salary years Ten Year Avg Accounting rank 287 $54,649 $125,649 12 yrs $113,816 Aerospace Engineering rank What is Aerospace Engineering -- Really? Aerospace Engineering (funny) 53 $45,275 $100,238 17 yrs $77,606 Agriculture/Horticulture rank 24 $40,194 $146,739 15 yrs $111,224 Animal Studies rank 18 $50,280 $92,000 10 yrs $92,000 Anthropology rank What is Anthropology -- Really? 75 $45,188 $115,784 10 yrs $115,784 Archaeology rank 5 $43,984 $80,000 11 yrs $76,726 Architecture rank 74 $67,497 $113,930 12 yrs $106,191 Architecture & Urban Planning Department rank 18 $61,628 $77,500 7 yrs $84,302 Art & Design Department rank 206 $39,849 $79,204 10 yrs $79,204 Astronomy rank 8 $71,588 $242,857 8 yrs $285,674 Athletics/Training rank 14 $44,167 $233,636 12 yrs $202,058 Automotive Engineering rank 22 $31,170 $53,750 15 yrs $46,223 Biology rank What is BioPhysics -- Really? Biology (LANL) 409 $59,793 $171,165 13 yrs $145,464 Business - Management and Administration rank What is Business Administration -- Really? What is Business Philosophy -- Really? 1205 $53,050 $123,297 12 yrs $111,589 Chemical Engineering rank What is Chemical Engineering -- Really? 73 $60,254 $128,545 13 yrs $112,786 Chemistry rank What is Chemistry -- Really? What are Chemistry/Physics -- Really? 132 $65,343 $183,942 14 yrs $150,057 Civil Engineering rank 108 $49,185 $138,365 14 yrs $112,885 Communications rank What is Communications -- Really? 389 $42,189 $84,733 10 yrs $84,733 Computer Engineering rank What is Electrical & Computer Engineering -- Really? What is Computer Engineering -- Really? 86 $58,685 $84,356 9 yrs $87,209 Computer Science rank What is Computer Science -- Really? 448 $58,486 $108,633 10 yrs $108,633 Criminal rank What is Criminal Justice -- Really? 154 $48,319 $66,775 9 yrs $68,826 Cultures/Civilization rank 16 $82,630 $134,444 14 yrs $119,640 Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc rank 108 $46,875 $77,471 9 yrs $80,870 Economics rank 309 $78,214 $217,585 12 yrs $194,357 Education rank What is Education -- Really? 795 $35,540 $59,234 14 yrs $52,464 Electrical Engineering rank What is Electrical Engineering -- Really? 206 $54,298 $122,846 12 yrs $111,421 Engineering Department rank 146 $52,635 $146,441 13 yrs $124,794 English rank What is English -- Really? 501 $40,254 $95,011 13 yrs $82,374 Finance rank 104 $86,586 $237,174 10 yrs $237,174 Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc rank 109 $80,591 $114,747 10 yrs $114,747 Genetics rank 8 $56,325 $66,667 6 yrs $73,561 Geography and Geosciences rank What is Geology (not 'geography') -- Really? 88 $52,727 $116,056 16 yrs $92,308 History/Histories (art history/etc.) rank 392 $43,351 $98,561 13 yrs $85,820 Industrial Design rank 6 $21,830 $27,000 19 yrs $24,551 Industrial Operations Engineering rank 39 $51,830 $93,594 11 yrs $89,797 Interior Design rank 12 $37,479 $214,286 12 yrs $184,818 Journalism rank What is Journalism -- Really? 133 $38,942 $92,981 13 yrs $80,510 Kinesiology rank 24 $72,491 $195,588 13 yrs $167,181 Language - French/Spanish/etc. rank 100 $37,949 $67,912 16 yrs $56,676 Linguistics rank 8 $38,317 $48,333 8 yrs $50,837 Math rank What is Mathematics -- Really? 157 $42,666 $127,254 15 yrs $99,058 Mechanical Engineering rank 203 $56,722 $110,830 10 yrs $110,830 Meteorology rank 5 $47,945 $100,000 20 yrs $73,972 Music - Composition/Theory rank 36 $35,547 $67,500 14 yrs $58,370 Music - Performance rank 113 $39,485 $57,651 11 yrs $55,999 Music Education rank What is Music Education -- Really? 81 $34,893 $68,516 15 yrs $57,308 Natural Resources rank 12 $35,820 $120,556 12 yrs $106,433 Naval Engineering rank 9 $57,802 $223,750 22 yrs $133,233 Neuroscience/Cognitive Science rank 1 $57,802 $300,000 8 yrs $375,000 Nuclear Engineering rank 6 $75,000 $100,000 12 yrs $95,833 Nursing rank 239 $53,580 $73,819 12 yrs $70,446 Nutrition rank 6 $44,078 $100,000 9 yrs $106,214 Other rank 820 $80,821 $119,547 14 yrs $108,482 Perfomance Arts rank 71 $34,435 $59,286 11 yrs $57,027 Pharmacy rank 27 $61,207 $155,238 13 yrs $133,539 Philosophy rank What is Philosophy -- Really? 89 $55,628 $99,113 13 yrs $89,078 Physical Therapy/Exercise Science rank 19 $34,316 $70,714 11 yrs $67,405 Physics rank What is Physics -- Really? 79 $52,472 $144,298 14 yrs $118,062 Political Science rank What is Political Communication -- Really? 482 $50,731 $139,481 13 yrs $119,000 PreDent and Dentistry rank 10 $47,076 $92,500 13 yrs $82,018 PreLaw and Legal rank 90 $53,196 $123,615 12 yrs $111,878 PreMed and Medical rank Medical Student USMLE Guide 80 $106,649 $331,400 13 yrs $279,534 Preparatory rank 3 $169,010 $125,000 8 yrs $113,997 PreVet and Veterinary rank 7 $44,112 $57,500 11 yrs $56,283 Psychology rank What is Psychology -- Really? 466 $43,190 $82,224 12 yrs $75,718 Public Health rank 20 $62,349 $85,714 8 yrs $91,556 Public Policy rank 39 $55,175 $81,034 12 yrs $76,725 Radiological Sciences rank 9 $50,000 $68,750 6 yrs $81,250 Religion/Religious rank 348 $39,533 $69,253 11 yrs $66,551 School of Information rank 38 $64,665 $68,286 5 yrs $71,906 Social Work rank 53 $44,136 $77,632 12 yrs $72,049 Sociology rank 151 $50,748 $73,736 14 yrs $67,168 Telecommunications rank 20 $46,452 $138,889 10 yrs $138,889 Undecided rank 69 $491,964 $490,294 33 yrs $491,458 Urban Planning rank 21 $212,378 $170,789 22 yrs $193,474 Video/Media rank 23 $94,121 $76,053 12 yrs $79,064 Zoology rank 16 $307,397 $334,666 34 yrs $315,418

People might think that I have a very good temper or patience, but I guess it's all wrong. When things get to a point too repetitive, I just ignored (or left ear in right ear out) and the repetitive nature I am talking about is when things said clearly in second time again.......

And why people always think that they know me......It's annoying!
And why people always don't see what I have done (Just for example, I eat so many fruits & vegetables and drink so much water, etc......they could just say why I don't eat fruits & veg etc AT ALL...).....It's annoying!
And why do people always think I behave differently while things have been done routinely.....It's annoying!
And why why why so many why.....It's annoying!



I have explained, they don't understand and I just don't like to explain/say anything anymore because I am an exploding volcano right now.

Carbon Dioxide isn't the reason why the world's temperature is increasing recently. In fact, the current world temperature is lower than the temperature in post-WWII era. (Correction: The global temperature dropped after WWII while while CO2 was still increasing. It was therefore suggested that CO2 was not the main cause of global warming.) Many government campaigns or on-going promotion of decreasing cardon dioxide is just a political game to get supports and fundings.

Green house effect, in fact, are greatly effected by water vapor in the air instead of carbon dioxide. Besides, carbon dioxide released from the ocean is far greater than the industial carbon dioxide. The % of carbon dioxide is strongly affected by world temperature. The lower the temperature, the less carbon dioxide and vice versa. In reality, many climatologists or solar scientists have determined that the true reason for current increase of world temperature is caused by the sun activity (or the sun spot).

Edition 1: I am sorry not capable of giving full details because this concept is new to me too. I was just trying to drop down some interesting things that I learned. I found it quite convincing and of course I would be trying to pull out more scientific evidence on this. Steven, wait for it....LOL....btw, is it the first time you write on my xanga?