Everyone has different career goals. For some students, the goal is to hit it big and make millions.
Edvoy, a consultancy that has helped over 85,000 students pursue their study-abroad dreams, recently gathered a list of the majors that help make the dream of becoming a millionaire a reality using data from LinkedIn and Google, and Talent.com.
- Engineering
- Economics/Finance
- Politics
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Law/Pre-Law
- MBA
Engineering
Fun fact: 22% of the world’s billionaires studied engineering in school. Earning an engineering degree can lead to ample opportunities and it has one of the highest levels of job security. Of the roles you can have as an engineer, you’ll see AI and machine learning positions bringing in the big bucks right now, with an average salary of $166,259. Right in the middle are computer science engineers, earning around $113,760. On the lower end, biomedical engineers pull in $89,979 annually.
Economics/Finance
Both Economics and Finance are notoriously respectable fields, and it so happens that the majority – about 64.3% – of students who major in economics land a role in finance. The highest paying roles out of this major are typically tax accounting and bank management, with earnings of $100,000. In the middle, data analysts bring in about $90,000 annually. On the lower end, financial analysts make a respectable $80,000 annually.
MBA
All bias aside, an MBA degree is extremely versatile and has the potential to increase your salary by a whopping 50%. At the Kelley School of Business, the MBA is a game changer. Kelley MBAs trade in their $77,000 jobs to earn a degree that launches them into $145,000 careers. The job opportunities for MBAs are expansive post-grad, but at the top of the charts, business managers bring in an average of $120,000. In the middle, consultants make an average of $100,000 and data managers bring home an average of $90,000.
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