The College Majors Handbook: A Guide to Your Undergraduate College Investment Decision

by Neeta P. Fogg, Thomas F. Harrington, Paul E. Harrington

Book Overview

This terrific handbook offers the most accurate and helpful information available for making decisions on a college major, or what to do with a degree you have. Readers learn which majors are the best... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563705184
• ISBN13: 9781563705182
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: JIST Works
• Length: 619 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Excellent reference book for career choices. It has tons of infomation on how various college majors translate into real jobs, and what the expected financial rewards will likely be. This book also discusses what abilities and interests are best suited to each major - very helpful when deciding what path to take.

College Majors Handbook

This is a wonderful resource for the "decided" as well as the "undecided" college student or prospective student. Explore your area of interest before you declare a major. The book very clearly addresses on-the-job responsibilities commonly faced by persons pursuing the field, types of jobs available and percentages of majors working in each type of job, salary information and more. It was very helpful to my daughter who knew she was interested in math and/or science but did not know what she wanted to DO. I highly recommend this resource to anyone who is considering college and/or job force change.

College Majors Handbook

This handbook has not yet been updated; however, its principles are still pertinent. The author urges us to understand and know our abilities artistically, intellectually, spatially, in language, ability to lead, numerical, organization skills, science, pursuasiveness and socially. The texts shows sample earnings by knowledge acquired. i.e. high school, college and graduate school The difference in earnings can be significant between high school and graduate school. i.e. well over $1MM dollars in lifetime earnings Men tend toward business and engineering careers; whereas, women major in education and the social sciences. Applied mathematicians are employed by private industry circa 69%; whereas, 9% are self-employed. Physical therapists are employed by the private sector circa 38% and 11% are self-employed. This work would be helpful in planning a career over a long term time horizon. It is worth the price charged for the significant value of the information contained therein.

Helpful book

I'm a college freshman, and this book has helped me tremendously in trying to decide my major. The guide starts with a chapter devoted entirely to assessing your abilities (interpersonal, spatial, clerical, leadership, etc.), interests (scientific, business, crafts...), and values (do you value independence, or variety, or prestige?) so that you can then compare them to the typical graduate's abilities, interests, and values in a certain major. (This information is given in paragraph form, though, not in a list, which makes it a bit tricky to quickly compare.) There are also job earnings based on age, and percentages of males and females that hold certain positions in major-related jobs. Also, even though the book says there are only 60 majors discussed, there is usually more than one major/sub-major covered in each chapter of the book (e.g., biochemistry, biophysics, and microbiology are all covered in one chapter). All in all, definitely a must read for anyone struggling with choosing a major.

The College Majors Handbook : The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and

Great info. Really helps you consider important aspects of a major. Highly recommend this for high school seniors and those in their first or second year of college.