Money, money, money.
Choosing what degree to study in university is a difficult decision in any person’s life.
One of the key factors to take into consideration is how many days can you go without changing your bedsheets is what are the potential financial earnings once you’ve graduated?
According to data that has been crowdsourced by Emolument (Cromulent?), a salary rankings website, this is approximately how much money students can expect to earn five years after graduation in the following degree subjects.
- Economics – €62,000/£45,000
- Law – €58,000/£42,000
- Maths/Statistics – €53,000/£39,000
- Chemistry/Natural Sciences – €52,500/£38,000
- Accounting/Business/Finance – €51,000/£37,000
- Engineering – €51,000/£37,000
- Computer Sciences – €51,000/£37,000
- Physics/Life Sciences/Healthcare – €49,700/£36,000
- Management/Strategy – €49,700/£36,000
- History/Geography/Politics – €46,900/£34,000
- Modern Languages – €44,000/£32,000
- Philosophy – €44,000/£32,000
- English Literature – €42,800/£31,000
- Fine Arts/Design – €34,500/£25,000
Hat-tip to The Telegraph
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