I don’t want people to say “its not about the money” and I do not want to be judged. I want to make a lot money and I am wondering what college is best for that. Thanks
Only you can accomplish that. No college can. And CC is not a judgement free zone.
A few months ago, I saw a great graph that plotted student salaries against their families’ wealth or income by school. So basically the schools above the median line were ones where the students earned more relative to their families, indicating that the school had had a positive impact on their own earnings. Science/engineering schools were almost invariably the ones well above the line. So that would be a good general answer. Of course you would probably want to have an interest and aptitude for science or engineering to study and work in these areas. And as noted above, you are more important than the school. HOW you go to school is more important than WHERE. Work hard. Have fun. Embrace opportunities. Learn from the amazing people–professors, students, and staff–around you. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. That will give you the best chance to succeed–in all ways, not just salary. Good luck!
Medical school (after college) might help.
Press operator at the US mint?
Science and business is the usual method… The where isn’t super important.
Start your own business if you want to become rich and your own boss.
First, go to any decent college and learn how to write, think critically, and ask intelligent questions (and research your answers).
Then, maybe take some business-related courses like Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Operations, Organizational Behavior and Business Law. If you want to start a multinational company, take an International Business course. Also take Microeconomics and Microeconomics.
Develop an idea for a product or a service. Talk to others who might know about those things.
Then put together a business plan and seek funding: VCs, banks or, if you’re lucky, angels. (you’ll learn what those things are in school)
Assuming you get some help for equipment and a space in which to operate, work 24/7 for a while until you can afford to pay others to help you.
Then, if you make it through the first year, you’re probably in decent shape.
OR get into jobs you hate and work like a dog, for someone else, chasing only money.
Money is nice, but you can study things you enjoy and work in a job you don’t hate for less than 80 hours per week and still put food on the table, drive a car, own a house, and go on vacation occasionally. Most of us think a life like this is A-OK.
But if you want to be miserable with greed and envy, go ahead.
No college necessary. Work 12 years and when you are 30 retire.
I think housing and food are provided.
@nw2this I disagree. Med school comes with extremely high loans and a buttload of hard work for pretty much a decade starting in undergrad. Medicine is a career for those who love it, not for those trying to get rich quick.
Op didn’t say he wanted to get rich quick, he just said he wanted to get rich.
I said it might help, its not a sure thing.
Still you can’t deny, if you can handle the schooling and the work, and need a path directly from school to a high salary you have to at least consider medicine.
The easiest way to become rich, assuming you’re not rich now, is to marry someone rich.
So, you want to find a college, say for example like HYPSM, since that’s where some rich people hang out, find and marry a mate who’s wealthy. Done!
Forget college and marry rich!
Ivies+Stanford +MIT
Love this-there should be an asterisk on the CC logo directing everyone to this disclaimer!
Investment Banking and other high finance is probably most suitable. Please do not become a doctor or engineer just to become rich. Look into target schools for investment banking and the like.
. . . there is always the marry rich once, twice, and three times approach. Oh, and avoid prenup’s at all costs.
The 10 top universities by number of billionaires
University of Pennsylvania – 25
Harvard University – 22
Yale University – 20
University of Southern California – 16
Princeton University – 14
Stanford University – 14
Cornell University – 14
University of California, Berkeley – 12
University of Mumbai – 12
London School of Economics and Political Science – 11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_by_number_of_billionaire_alumni
Don’t have a dream school, don’t go into debt for college. Invest from a young age, rather than struggling to pay that debt. But first, get the grades and scores up, don’t get a D. The plums go to kids who produce.
Seriously, ever hear of The Millionaire Next Door or see any lists of where some mighty rich folks went? You’d be surprised they weren’t chasing prestige. Rather, they had ideas and held themselves to standards and goals, worked hard and worked smart.
Late edit, typo
A million dollar loan from your father is a good start.
I’ve read your other posts. You’re a sophomore with a 28 ACT and ~3.5 GPA. Every week you have a different dream school. You seem to think that if you can get into a certain tier of college that you can “prove everybody (at your high school) wrong.” And now you just want to attend someplace that will make you wealthy. None of this is good for you.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be financially secure. And being proud of the school you attend is a good thing. But the only people whose opinions matter are you and, to some extent, your parents.
You need to figure out what you want. What are your interests? Do you have any ideas about what you want to study? If you need ECs, make an inventory of your interests then look for something related to one of them. If it doesn’t excite you, then it’s the wrong activity.
What adcoms at a particular school might think isn’t important. Instead of choosing a school and trying to mold yourself to it, you should be developing on your own path then find the schools that fit who you are. There are several thousand colleges in the US. You’ll be able to find one that’s right for you, but what you do with your degree is up to you.
If you’re not exceedingly smart, and by these posts that seems to be the case, forget about medicine, investment banking, and other tippy top careers. No college will get you there. And forget about elite schools, you’re not getting in anyway. Sales is the way to go. Unlimited income potential based on your own drive to succeed. No genius required, grades not as important as motivation, networking, and relationships. A cool and sociable C+ student from any school can make huge money in sales. Just need to be smart enough to learn your product, and driven enough to do what it takes to succeed.