If receiving higher education can change people's economic status, but it can't guarantee that everyone who has received higher education will become rich, then here is an interesting question: What major has the best chance to join the ranks of the rich? According to the community survey conducted by the US Census Bureau, the undergraduate majors with the highest proportion of rich people are pre-medical, economics, biochemistry, zoology and biology. Because business administration, finance, law and other majors often need master's and doctoral degrees, this statistic does not include graduates of such majors.
According to the survey data, among the undergraduate graduates of various universities, health and pre-medical majors account for the highest proportion among the rich, accounting for 1 1.8%, which means that one in 10 graduates of this major can become a rich man. However, it should be noted that many graduates of this major go on to further their studies and get a doctorate in medicine, so the proportion of getting rich is very high.
The major with the second highest proportion of entering rich families is economics, and 8.2% of the graduates of this major can enter the ranks of rich families. The third major is biochemistry, and 7.2% of its graduates can join the ranks of 1% rich families. (This article is taken from: Qiao Lei's blog)
Next, let's see which American undergraduate graduates have entered 1% rich families, and the proportion of zoology is 6.9%. Biology, the proportion is 6.7%. International relations, the proportion is 6.7%. Political science and government, the ratio is 6.2%. Physiology, the ratio is 6%. Art history and criticism, the proportion is 5.9%. Chemistry, the proportion is 5.7%. Molecular biology, the proportion is 5.6%. The proportion of regional and ethnic studies is 4.8%. Finance, the proportion is 4.8%. History, the proportion is 4.7%. Psychology, the proportion is 4.6%. Psychology, the proportion is 4.3%. Philosophy and religion, the proportion is 4.3%. Microbiology, the proportion is 4.2%. Chemical engineering, the proportion is 4. 1%. Physics, the ratio is 4. 1%. Medicine and pharmacy management, the ratio is 3.9%. Accounting, the proportion is 3.9%. Mathematics, the proportion is 3.9%. English language and literature accounted for 3.8%. Mixed organisms, the proportion is 3.7%.
What is mentioned above is the professional situation in which undergraduate graduates from American universities have the highest proportion in the ranks of the rich, which is based on the analysis of the proportion of professional graduates who can enter the ranks of the rich. According to the structure of the rich in the United States, another situation will arise from the majors they have studied in universities. The following is the distribution of undergraduate majors obtained by family members of wealthy Americans.
Among the rich family members in the United States, 6.6% majored in biology in universities, with the highest proportion studying biology. Followed by economics, 5.4% of the rich family members graduated from this major. The third major is political science and government. It takes some political brains to be rich. Among the rich, 4.7% are political science majors.
It can be said that the family members of the rich in the United States have learned a wide range of majors, and they can be said to be the best in this industry. Other majors studied by wealthy family members are accounting (4.7%), English language and literature (3.8%), history (3.3%), finance (2.7%), chemistry (2.4%), marketing (2.3%), education (2.3%) and electronic engineering (2.6544). Sociology (1.3%), computer science (1.3%), mechanical engineering (1.3%), engineering (1.2%), humanities (1.
The income of graduates majoring in primary education is not high, but why do as many as 1.7% rich family members graduate from this major? This is mainly related to statistical models. Graduates majoring in primary education don't make much money, but they may marry people with higher incomes. Because this statistic is based on the statistics of wealthy family members, humble graduates of primary education can also rank among wealthy families.
Occupation is not the only opportunity to enter the ranks of rich families, but also the occupation that people engage in all their lives. According to another analysis of the census occupation data, 1/8 lawyers can enter wealthy families, but if they work for Wall Street, the opportunities for lawyers rise to 1/3. Nearly15 company executives can enter the rich family, but if the company produces medical equipment, the opportunity will rise to1/4; If drugs are produced, the probability rises to 2/5. 19 Hollywood writers can become rich. The ratio of TV and radio writers to the rich is114, while newspaper writers or editors only have 1/62 chance to join the rich family.