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What can you do with a Bachelor’s Degree?
Introduction• As of 2014, nearly 32% of US adults aged 25
years and older had at least a bachelor’s degree
• If you are one of these 32%, you might, at some point, have wondered what can a bachelor’s degree do for you?
• Let’s answer that in terms of starting salaries, occupations and job openings for different majors
Starting SalariesField of Major Average
Starting SalaryEngineering $62,655
Computer Science $59,221Business $53,900
Health Sciences $49,196Communications $43,717
Math and Sciences $42,471Education $40,668
Humanities $36,988
Average starting salaries of bachelor degree holders from the batch of 2012, according to the US
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Top 6 Business, Financial AND SALES Operations
Occupation Projected Job Openings, 2010-2020
Accountants and Auditors 452,100Management Analysts 274,300
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 191,800Sales representatives,
wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
159,700
Securities, commodities, and financial services agents 133,700
Financial Analysts 104,200
These are degree paths for people who like working with numbers and analytical problem solving
Top 6 Education, training, and library occupations
Occupation Projected Job Openings, 2010-2020
Elementary school teachers, except special education 573,200
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education 355,600
Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education 249,300
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten and elementary school 113,300
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 79,300
Special education teachers, secondary school 51,100
People who go for this field are generally very patient and fond of networking and instructing
Top 6 Computer Science and Math Occupations
Occupation Projected Job Openings, 2010-2020
Computer systems analysts 222,500Software developers, application 197,900
Software developers, systems software 168,000
Network and computer systems administrators 155,300
Computer programmers 128,000Information security analysts, web developers and computer network
architects110,300
Individuals with these majors usually tend to have strong technical and mathematical skills
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Top 6 Arts, media and related Occupations
Occupation Projected Job Openings, 2010-2020
Public relations specialists 127,200Graphic designers 123,800
Producers and directors 49,700Writers and authors 47,600
Interpreters and translators 40,300Editors 37,000
People in these fields tends to be creative and interactive. They typically pave out their own career path instead of following a
predetermined standard
Top 6 Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Occupation Projected Job Openings, 2010-2020
Civil Engineers 104,400Mechanical Engineers 99,600Industrial Engineers 57,500
Architects, except landscape and naval 50,900
Electrical Engineers 47,800Electronics engineers, except
computer 40,600
People in this field usually enjoy math problems, complex decision making and analysis
Top 6 Healthcare and community and social service occupations
Occupation Projected Job Openings, 2010-2020
Child, family, and school social workers 128,300Clergy 79,900Mental health and substance abuse social workers 69,400Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 52,100Directors, religious activities and education 44,500Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 37,300People in this field are typically interested in giving back to
the community by helping people. They tend to have strong interpersonal and communication skills
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Top 6 Life, Physical, and social science occupations
OccupationProjected Job
Openings, 2010-2020
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 43,200
Biological technicians 37,900Chemists 29,900
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 17,100
Survey researchers 9,900Soil and plant scientists 8,600
People who work in these fields usually enjoy working close to nature, research and complex problem solving
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