13 Most Useful College Majors: Nursing, Math, and More (PHOTOS)
With graduation around the corner, The Daily Beast calculates which college majors pack the greatest promise for real-life wages. From the expected (finance!) to the surprising (foreign language?), see our top picks.
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1. Nursing
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2. Mechanical Engineering
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3. Electrical Engineering
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4. Civil Engineering
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5. Computer Science
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6. Finance
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7. Marketing and Marketing Research
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8. Mathematics
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9. Accounting
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10. French, German, Latin, and other Common Foreign Languages
