There are jokes about parents strong-arming their kids into being doctors or lawyers . . . but that may be better advice than telling your kids they’ll be rich and successful at ANYTHING they pursue.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released data on “the most lucrative areas of study for college grads.” And not surprisingly, the best way to make bank is NOT the NBA . . . it’s ENGINEERING.
Here’s the Top 16, along with their median salaries out of college:
1. Computer engineering . . . $80,000
2. Chemical engineering . . . $79,000
3. Computer science . . . $78,000
4. Aerospace engineering . . . $74,000
5. Electrical engineering . . . $72,000
6. Industrial engineering . . . $71,000
7. Mechanical engineering . . . $70,000
8. A tie between “general engineering” and “miscellaneous engineering” . . . $68,000. (Okay, okay, we get it.)
10. Finance . . . $66,000
11. A FOUR-WAY tie between civil engineering, economics, business analytics, and mathematics . . . all at $65,000
15. A tie between construction services and pharmacy . . . $64,000.
On the flip-side, the fields with the LOWEST wages right out of college include: Theology and religion . . . performing arts . . . liberal arts . . . leisure and hospitality . . . treatment therapy . . . social services . . . psychology . . .
Nutrition . . . history . . . fine arts . . . elementary education . . . secondary education . . . anthropology . . . philosophy . . . and criminal justice.
