2006-11-03 07:12:39 · 15 answers · asked by DougEfresh 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Everybody is wrong, except Californiasky who is half right.
If you're talking about salary straight out of school, then pharmacy wins hands down. There's a huge shortage of pharmacists right now since pharmacies are opening in grocery stores and all over the place. A new Pharmacist can start at $100,000 or more. None of the others is even close.
If you really mean who will make the most 20 years in the future, well who knows. I'm sure you could find extremely wealthy people in all these fields. What you do with your career after your formal education is pretty much up to you.
I'd recommend going for the one you like the best, screw the money. Pharmacy and Accounting sound pretty boring to me. Engineering and Economics sound much more interesting.
(FWIW, I did physics, math, and then computer science.)
2006-11-03 09:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by OR1234 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Between Engineering and Pharmacy. My sister dated a guy who had an engineering degree and worked at a nuclear plant and then an electric plant and he made $30 or more an hour at both places and had excellent benefits. I have read in money magazines that pharmacists average 75,000-100,000 a year but I do not know of anyone that is a pharmacist. I was considering going to school to become a pharmacist, so I looked into the income a little bit. It is also predicted that there is going to be a shortage of them in the future (there is also a shortage now, but it will get worse).
2006-11-03 07:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all comes down to what you want to do. The big money jobs for all four of those:
Engineering: Chemical Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Pharmacy: Product Development, Pharmacologist
Economics: Political Advisor, Corporate Officer
Accounting: CFO, Corporate Accountant
Keep in mind that Engineering is "steady" compared to the other three... but the other three have a lot more potential for moving into even bigger positions (Like CEO, Politician, etc)
2006-11-03 07:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by rainsinger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemical Engineering is probably your best bet. The field needs more so the supply of engineers is lower then the demand, creating a situation where the employer has to pay a higher salary to obtain good employees.
2006-11-03 07:40:02 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engineering then Finance (not on the list) then Accounting... don't know between Econ and Pharmacy
2006-11-03 07:14:51 · answer #5 · answered by HoneyLegs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average for retail pharmacy is near 100k. In industrial pharmacy, you can make a lot more than that with a couple years of experience.
2006-11-03 11:30:49 · answer #6 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"potential" would probably be Engineering.
but actual average salaries nationwide for existing professionals......Pharmacy.
My dad was an accountant, my brother an engineer (before going to Pharmacy school with me), and I've taken graduate level economics.
2006-11-05 15:36:13 · answer #7 · answered by jloertscher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure that's rational. distinctive majors have distinctive selections. Math is complicated to learn, exceedingly for liberal-paintings variety of persons. Majoring in math-based concern would be a great value in terms of time and attempt spent on analyzing. added, expenses are today, and rewards are interior the destiny. greater affected person human beings care greater with reference to the destiny, much less affected person desire person-friendly existence now to destiny rewards.
2016-10-03 06:08:52 · answer #8 · answered by marceau 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pharmacy but it's almost impossible to complete.
2006-11-07 04:49:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engineering in chemical .
2006-11-03 07:16:11 · answer #10 · answered by sank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋