David Cohen
Here’s the list of five top paying degrees you can earn for under $25,000.
And you can earn one of these top paying degrees in 2-3 years with zero student loan debt.
Computer Science Starting Median Pay: $57K Mid-Career Median Pay: $98K
The best piece of advice I can offer you: get the academic validation from a Computer Science degree and learn an in-demand programming language like Java, Ruby or Python. This will essentially make you unemployment-proof.
In the CollegePlus! IT department we have 10 apprentices learning programming by day and earning their degree by night. Is it rigorous? Yes. Will they have any trouble landing a well-paying job? No.
Choose a college option that gives you the freedom and flexibility to gain marketable skills and the academic validation, like the students in our IT department, and you’re golden.
Economics Starting Median Pay: $47K Mid-Career Median Pay: $95K
Europe is crashing. China’s engineering an economic soft-landing. Wall St. is bi-polar. Banks are scrambling for liquidity. Yes, it’s still a mess in the global financial markets, but this creates tremendous opportunity in the public and private sector for college grads with an Economics degree.
And if law school is your next destination, getting an Economics degree is a smart move because Economics majors typically score in the top 3% on the LSAT.
So, with an Economics degree you could do something like CollegePlus! grad John Shea – he earned his undergrad in about two years through CollegePlus!, jumped into law school, and now he’s a practicing attorney. You can watch a video of his story here.
International Business Starting Median Pay: $42K Mid-Career Median Pay: $84K
Approximately 13% of the country of Tuvulu’s GDP comes from selling .tv domains. What’s the point? The point is that business is done on a global scale. And because the marketplace is becoming more globally-connected, there’s a growing demand for college grads that possess an International Business degree.
You can go here to learn more about earning a fully accredited International Business degree in less than three years for about $18K.
Natural Science/Mathematics Starting Median Pay: $47K Mid-Career Median Pay: $90K
I admit it, I have math envy toward all of you math geeks out there. And if you have a love and passion for ‘maths’, as they say in the UK, you can turn this into a lucrative career with a Math degree.
Startups and Fortune 100 companies alike are dropping serious cash on knowing their numbers and understanding market trends and patterns through statistical analysis, and many of these companies want people with a degree in Mathematics.
Instead of sitting in a classroom for five years, taking classes that have zero correlation with your Mathematics degree and what you want to do with it, you can fast-track your way to a degree and into a fulfilling job.
Political Science Starting Median Pay: $40K Mid-Career Median Pay: $80K
Despite what politicians say, the US government won’t shrink. Our economy relies on a big government to keep chugging. But I do believe there are legit opportunities for people to make a difference in government, and a Political Science degree gives college grads opportunities at all levels of government.
A Political Science degree is very flexible, so it can open job opportunities with think tanks, lobby groups, political campaigns, public policy and various legal sectors.
And by all means, get real experience in the political arena while you’re earning your degree. CollegePlus! student John David Bruegel is 20, he’s one of the youngest political campaign managers in America, and he’s earning his degree while getting real life experience in politics.
So, the key here is not just getting a degree, it’s getting a degree and bringing relevant experience to the table. And a future-focused college option like CollegePlus! gives you the flexibility to do just that.
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