Coolbrezze

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Lol yeah, I was wondering where was the link, thanks.


I agree, I also do not want to be underpaid. Salary is a important part of ones job choice.

Coolbrezze

I was thinking maybe I could have a minor in finance, economics, buisness etc.. but that will be a large work load... and could trigger a negative college life experience. Assuming one is already taking rigious classes, learning a second language, and then a minor... I'm starting to get confused on whether I would want my main major to be international relations, finance, economics etc... Now I see why you ( trojanman10101) are debating between those.

Gordon_Gekko

Trojanman10101, if you get a PhD in just about any field you SHOULD be able to command a salary in excess of $50,000 per year working as a professor. Although I have heard of some visiting professors making <$30,000.

University of California, Davis
Animal Biology B.S.

University of California, Davis
Animal Science and Management B.S.

These two fields are more promising than the first two you mentioned. I assume if you go on for an advanced degree it would be in veterinary medicine or zoology or something similar. While that field doesn't pay great it will probably be closer to <$100,000 than $50,000; however there are a lot of variables.

trojanman10101

Coolbreeze: See what I am talking about and I want to figure out my degree so I can declare my major when I go to college and even choose my college, because if I want to be a vet I would rather go to UC Davis rather than another school.

Gordon Gekko: So you are telling Veterinarians make better pay then most social scientists, correct?

applicannot

A salary under $50k is not underpaid, by the way. Technically, it's still above average.

Coolbrezze

I have no interest in Vet, but I did look up information from careercruising.com

If you go to school to be a Vet, it states that it is a highly competitive field. By 2016 it's likely to grow by 19%. As you may know Vet usually have undergraduate for 4 years, graduate 4 years, and internship/ residency 1-4 years. According to other information I've researched for social sciecne jobs, vets salary high is near the high salaries of social science jobs.

About Vet, your going to school to be a Vet so ofcourse you see that one oppurtunity. Though when speaking of social science ( poly sci, ir etc...) there are so many different jobs that can range from under 50k to over 100k... and that one oppurtunity of making over 100k job is not so bold as a Vet since technically going to school to be a vet just leads to a vet. While social science can go to law school or a graduate program for political science, international relations.... leading to so many different job choices.

Maybe even buisness school.

trojanman10101

Yeah but if I am going to spend 6 years of my life achieving that degree I want to reap some good benefits such as a salary over 60K.

Coolbreeze: Well Vet school isn't as competitive as most medical fields and law schools. And for the social sciences I bet it is harder to find a job thereafter getting the degree, as well as the low starting pay. Ultimately, I have alot of love for the social sciences, however, the only one I believe is worth pursuing a degree in is Economics. However, after that I am lost. Do I want a business finances major or Business Econ major or who know what else.

Gordon_Gekko

I'd imagine veterinarians do better than most social scientists but social science is such a broad field its hard to compare the two.

trojanman10101

Yeah I know, well anyways what is the highest math you must know in order to major in finance, econ, or accounting?

Gordon_Gekko

It depends, typically you'll need to at least take College Algebra, Statistics, and Business Calculus.

trojanman10101

What do you guys think the salary range would be for the following majors if I were to pursue a masters in each?

University of California, Irvine
Criminology, Law and Society B.A.

University of California, San Diego
Sociology/Law and Society B.A.

UCBChemEGrad

^ Who can say? Either you prefer the Irvine campus environment or the San Diego campus environment...don't choose schools over which you think will give you a higher hypothetical starting salary.

pandem

Yes, really. For the tenth time, find a field you like, and do it. You aren't going to make the big bucks working in a social science field.

Coolbrezze

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This gets me everytime... and can be really depressing. I will look into more job salaries in the social science field, I may have to look more into economics, finance etc.... though I really like the social sciences.

trojanman10101, for careers listed above I think your mainly look at social science salaries.

pandem

But why? Your life isn't going to be significantly different if you make 60k a year or if you make 100k. It's beyond me why anyone would pass up something they love just so they can spend more money on stuff.