This Infographic from PayScale shows Best College Majors for a Lucrative Career.

Here are the Best Majors for a Lucrative Career.
- Petroleum Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Actuarial Mathematics
- Chemical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Statistics
If you are majoring in one the above listed majors, you need to feel good about the money.
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Hi Raghu,
Can you please tell us the best Petroleum Engineering schools for MS?
Also could you please reflect upon how much approximate GRE scores would be required to get through them?
Thanks
Hello HSB,
I want to bring to your notice that in the current market scenario, lot of American companies are not hiring international students for Petroleum and Aerospace related job.
My names is vikram n i am going to pursue ma education for underpost graduate n i am going for those universities who doesnt requires SAT n i hve got ma 6.5 ielts instead of toefl..wil i be facing many problem in f1 visa time?should i gave SAT?
I am going for widout SAT universities will i be facing problem in f1 visa n my ielts band is 6.5 instead of toefl…should i give sat?
what about pharmacists
What about biotechnology??????
I have a doubt HSB, is this the starting pay-scale???
I mean will this be applicable for a fresher who joins a company or org???
I think 1,00,000 $ / year after working for about 2-3 years – post MS !!!
Thanks for the post anyways, we can see the comparison between different majors
Methodology for the calculation is posted within the info graph.
Salary listed above is for someone with 3 to 8 years experience.
Methodology: Salaries listed are based on full time bachelor’s degree with no further degrees and 10+ years of experience