I can't wait until my mechanical engineer of a husband finishes his phd so we can actually make money. Here's to hoping he gets a job and isn't considered "over-qualified!"
This is strange. The year this seems to account for (2010) is the year my husband graduated. I wonder if that was a peak year for salaries. He started over 10k above that for an ME with a pretty hefty signing bonus. I didn't realize that was "rare" - his classmates were offered around the same, as far as I know.
This article is dumb. There's no way that Pre-med majors make an average of $100K. Unless they become doctors. Are they factoring in Doctor's salaries? Because then, you're comparing doctors to bachelor's degree engineers. I'm confused.
My BFF just started pharmacy school. She is adamant there are jobs. I am really afraid she's going to run into issues when she graduates in 4 years when the market is even more oversaturated.
My BIL just graduated with his PharmD and was able to find a job in a snap...before all his tests were done even. (I don't know if that is normal-like lawyers who get jobs before taking the bar. Though BIL didn't start until he finished testing)
It really depends on the saturation in your area (NJ is incredibly oversaturated), plus the type of job that you are going for. While retail pays well, it’s becoming more & more difficult to find. I had colleagues who were in their last year of their PharmD, working in retail or hospital positions as students & were told that they would get a FT job there once they graduated. Yeah, all 3 of them didn’t get any offer once they graduated & then had to scramble for other opportunities because they thought they had a shoe-in & didn’t apply anywhere. I’m sure that happens in other fields too & I’m sure it cycles. Hopefully in the next few years, the demand will go back up in our area.
Regarding the poster that commented on their friend getting a PhD in Astronomy (I think), that’s exactly what I was told. The majority of jobs in that field required advanced education. A BS wasn’t enough. I don’t have the patience for anything else & have no desire to go to school for that long, so I never did it. It does bum me out that I didn’t get to study the subject that I was most interested in. Oh well!
I wish I would have done the 5 year pharmacy program. I know a good bit of people who graduated within the last 5 years and they all have great jobs making 100-150K in low-medium cost of living places.
Ditto. What is a pre-med major, anyway? All the premeds I know majored in a field like biology, chemistry, or hell, history.
You have to be quite a few years out of college to make six figures as a physician.
As soon as I read "pre- med" I knew the whole thing was going to be BS. Pre-med isn't even a specific majo- it is a prepatory track to ensure you get all your med school pre reqs done during undergrad so you don't have to do any post bac coursework before applying for med school. Even if it were a specific major, what would you do with it without going to med school?
Actually, there was a specific pre-med major at my university. I didn't do it and I thought it was super dumb for just the reason you stated-- what if you don't get in to med school? Then you just look like a douche.
This is strange. The year this seems to account for (2010) is the year my husband graduated. I wonder if that was a peak year for salaries. He started over 10k above that for an ME with a pretty hefty signing bonus. I didn't realize that was "rare" - his classmates were offered around the same, as far as I know.
Is your DH in the oil industry (I thought I remember you saying that but it could be someone else)? If so, that is generally the highest salaries I've seen for ME and ChemE. DHs company pays above average for engineers but every salary I've heard of in the oil industry is well above that even.
I'm an EE and I got about 10k less then the numbers stated here when I got hired on in 2003. My husband has a PhD in Physics and doesn't make near that much money but he is still doing a post doc. Maybe someday.
Post by elizabethann on Aug 23, 2012 18:35:43 GMT -5
I almost choked when I opened this post and saw my degree next to the figure $100,000. I majored in human physiology (thought I wanted to go the med school route, changed my mind but still wanted to finish the degree because I enjoyed it). There isn't much you can do with a "premed" degree except get further schooling. I now have a job completely unrelated to my degree and I'm definitely not making 100K. Honestly I don't know many jobs that require "premed" degrees. In fact, if you hear of any please let me know!