Which degree should you study to get rich quick?
More than a fifth, or 22 per cent, of the world’s wealthiest people studied engineering at university, accounting for almost twice as many billionaires’ degrees as the next most popular choice.
-Economics graduates can expect to be earning £45,000 within five years of graduation, according to the salary benchmarking website Emolument, which crowdsources data from 55,000 individuals.
-Law is the second most lucrative degree, reaching a salary of £42,000 within five years.
-Maths and statistics (£39,000), chemistry and natural sciences (£38,000) and accounting, business and finance (£37,000) degrees round out the top five.
-By comparison, graduates of fine arts and design should expect to be earning just £25,000 up to five years after leaving university, while English literature, philosophy and modern languages barely break through the £32,000 barrier.
-Although the salaries look high compared with the national average of £26,500, Emolument’s database tends to be weighted towards professionals.
However, students willing to wait a bit longer to earn the big bucks would do well to study for a degree in accounting, business or finance, which earns an average salary of £128,000 after 15 years in the workplace – roughly three and a half times more than 10 years earlier.
Economics graduates continue to be well-paid, reaching £126,000 following 15 years of experience, but that additional decade knocks scientists from fourth place to eighth place on the salary ranking, earning £94,000.
People who study management and strategy can expect to earn £36,000 after five years but almost three times that 10 years later, taking fifth place with £106,000.
Earnings pick up at a slower rate for those who graduate with a degree in physics, life sciences or healthcare, however, with average salaries increasing twofold from £36,000 to £78,000.
Which degree should you study to get rich quick? - Telegraph
Interesting read… What subject would you choose if you get a chance to study at university again?