How much money will your College major make?

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The video taps into a common concern for students and parents: the financial return on investment for a college degree. By providing quick, digestible salary estimates for popular majors, it offers valuable information in a format suitable for short-form video.

Summary

The creator discusses the potential earnings for various college majors, including mechanical engineering, accounting, history, music, pre-law, architecture, and fine arts. He provides estimated salary ranges for each, highlighting which majors are likely to be more lucrative.

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1Introduction to college major salaries
2Mechanical Engineering: High earning potential
3Accounting: Solid career with good income
4History: Lower earning potential, good for teaching
5Music: Low earning potential
6Pre-law: High earning potential after law school
7Architecture: Moderate to high earning potential
8Fine Arts: Low earning potential

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How much money will your College major make? Mechanical engineering Accounting History Music Pre law Architecture Fine arts

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How much money will your College major make? Stick to the end of this video to find out. Mechanical engineering. This is one of the highest paying majors out there and it's what most engineers actually go to do. You can make easily over six figures and get a job right after school. Accounting. Now, I imagine this major is pretty boring, especially if you don't like math, but this career is needed and you can make easily over six figures with this. So, good luck. History. Genuinely, I don't even know what you can do with this degree. But if you want to be a history teacher, that's really fun. You still won't be making a lot of money though, maybe over 50k, but not much. Music. Now, unless you're the offspring of John Williams himself, then you're probably going to be making under $50,000 with this. So, I would personally stay away from it. Pre law. Now, technically this isn't a real major, but if you decide to go to law school after college, you can easily make over $200,000 a year and if you do some illegal stuff, even more than that. Architecture. Hopefully, y'all don't make anything too crazy for the engineers, but you can make anywhere from 80 to 120,000 a year. So, not bad. Fine arts. Similar with music, you will not be making a lot of money with this. I mean, maybe you're a dancer and make it to Broadway, but good luck to you.