The market has changed so much in recent years. I graduated from Cal with a business degree in '96 and worked for a consulting firm (Big 5) making high $30s. I still have friends that work there and I hear these days that starting pay for college grads (business/econ grads) is low $50s. I work for a high tech firm now and we pay college grads (engineers) $65K plus options. Not bad I would say. {S2k Fan} It looks like your younger bro is getting the market rate. Tell him to buy you some beers!

 

I was checking out the Majors in Econ and I wa wondering should a person get a B.S. or a B.A. I think the hardest part would be the Math. Brief Calc (212) and then Analytical Geometry and Calc(272).

The difference is one the B.S. is from the business College and the B.A. is from the Liberal Arts college.

So basically should I get the BS or the BA. I am in my 3rd semester right now and am going to transfer for my 5th or 6th semester haven't quite decided.

 

If you are going to get an Econ degree, definitely get the BS in your situation. It's more technical, and will be worth more to a company than a BA.

 

Yeah, hopefully I can get more than beer from him.

 

I heard the larger corporations in Cali are hiring technical majors - computers, engineering, etc. - at about $60 grand with just a BS. Has to do of course with the higher cost of living in the places you would be working.

 

holy shit, is that with any industry experience, and are they a targeted grad, what is their grades.
in australia, an economics or commerce graduate (3 year degree) with no experience is expecting about $30k australian only. this is with a credit average, distinction, and high distinction being higher obviously.
salary adjustments every 6 months but with increases of say $2k. but $50+ US is a lot, and without experience is even stranger.
my friend who works for price waterhouse coopers has a commerce degree, with 4 years accounting experience in company tax- 1.5 in public service and rest in private industry is only earning $55k and he lives in sydney where cost of living is high.
how is the job market in the USA, i might take my commerce undergrad degree and mba there as well as my 10+ years of business experience and try and land myself a plumb job

 

Im a college senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering. I have an internship right now but as soon as I graduate they have offered me a job. 40k a year.

 

This thread needs someone to say: "Money is the root of all evil".

I've earned as much as 500K as partner in a small professional firm, but fought with my partner every day. Yeah, it's better to be unhappy with a lot of money than vice versa. I hope some of you guys find a career that you enjoy...ample $$ will follow.

After all, you don't need a lot of coin to afford the best, the S2000

 

How much are engineers averaging out of college? Are there jobs?

 

You sure do assume a lot about somebody you've never met. You're on your own here, bud.

And, guys, an ECON major alone isn't going to get you the big bucks. That's total BS. You need things to back that degree up to get you the job.

The job market for college grads sucks ass right now.