Going to college means beginning your life as a responsible adult, who is ready to spend a significant amount of effort and time to earn a degree. Not all college degrees require the same level of commitment and effort. What college you choose depends on your abilities and what you wish to do in life. For example, some people excel at writing, others at chemistry or others love complex math. We are all different, and we want different things in life. Although it's true that no college degree is easy to earn, there are some of them which require more work, determination, time and stamina. That is why many of these college degrees have a high drop-out percentage, but for those who can manage to take it to the end, the jobs they will manage to get their hands on will make it financially worthwhile.
So let's see which the top ten hardest college degrees.
Without an architecture of our own, we have no
soul of our own civilization.
FRANK LLOYD WRI GHT
Min Salary$53,630
(Mathematical Technicians)
Max Salary$112,560
(Mathematicians)
2
Mathematics
& Physics
550reading
600math
539writing
SAT
3.0GPA
19study hours
Writing In Majors:
lab reports;
papers;
writing mathematical;
proofs.
If you want to be a physicist, you must do
three things— first, study mathematics,
second, study more mathematics, and third,
do the same.
ARNOLD SOMMERFELD
Min Salary$45,230
(Biological Technicians)
Max Salary$93,390
(Biochemists and Biophysicists)
3
Biological
& Biomedical
Sciences
537reading
549math
527writing
SAT
3.02GPA
18.4study hours
Writing In Majors:
scientific manuscripts.
Life preys upon life. This is biology's most fundamental fact.
MARTIN H. FISCHER
Min Salary$52,430
(Computer User Support Specialists)
Max Salary$115,580
(Computer and Information Research Scientists)
4
Computer
Sciences
530reading
559math
505writing
SAT
3.1GPA
18study hours
Writing In Majors:
system programs;
system papers.
Computer science education cannot make anybody an
expert programmer any more than studying brushes
and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
ERIC S. RAYMOND
Min Salary$52,430
(Floral Designers)
Max Salary$101,990
(Art Directors)
5
Art & Humanities
573reading
519math
557writing
SAT
3.33GPA
17.5study hours
Writing In Majors:
reflective writing;
creative writing;
revision strategies;
workshop critiques;
essays.
The humanities are despised because they are dangerous.
They arm us with the intellectual weapons we need to fight the
forces of ignorance and idiocracy, and to free ourselves
from freedumb.
LAURA PENNY
Min Salary$38,260
(Forest and Conservation Technicians)
Max Salary$118,500
(Physicists)
6
Social Sciences
& History
560reading
545math
544writing
SAT
3.22GPA
16.3study hours
Writing In Majors:
document-based essays;
research papers.
Man, the molecule of society,
is the subject of social science.
HENRY CHARLES CAREY
Min Salary$22,870
(Home Health Aides)
Max Salary$258,100
(Anesthesiologists)
7
Health
Professions
& Related Programs
484reading
492math
477writing
SAT
2.78GPA
17study hours
Writing In Majors:
critical thought papers
analysis
synthesis
response papers
application papers
case analysis
Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved
vastly more lives than have been lost in all
the wars in history.
CARL SAGAN
Min Salary$44,730
(Tax Preparers)
Max Salary$134,330
(Financial Managers)
8
Economics,
Business
& Management
494reading
520math
486writing
SAT
2.95GPA
15.7study hours
Writing In Majors:
article analysis;
case analysis.
Economics is everywhere, and understanding economics
can help you make better decisions
and lead a happier life.
TYLER COWEN
Min Salary$26,550
(Teacher Assistants)
Max Salary$126,230
(Law Teachers, Postsecondary)
9
Education
481reading
480math
473writing
SAT
3.36GPA
15.8study hours
Writing In Majors:
research papers;
essays;
theses;
quantitative and qualitative research;
works;
critiques of articles;
instructions.
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Min Salary$76,040
(Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists)
Max Salary$93,050
(Psychologists)
10
Psychology
500reading
484math
489writing
SAT
2.98GPA
14study hours
Writing In Majors:
application papers;
research proposals;
reports.
Psychology is much bigger than just medicine,
or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education,
work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I
want to do is see psychologists working to help
people build strengths in all these domains.
MARTIN SELIGMAN
Studying the human mind is as complex as it sounds. You have to learn how to detach yourself while you analyze the mind and study functions and mental behavior. Under the psychology major, a student will have to specialize in one or two sub-categories. Students applying for psychology need a GPA of 2.98 and a SAT score of 1,473 (Writing 489, Math 484 and Reading 500).
Even if you choose one of the hardest college degrees do not panic, if you see that at the beginning the amount of work and study will overwhelm you. If you are committed to your professional goals, you will manage to get the major that you want. You can also ask the help for college preparatory from high school counselors, college admissions counselors, personal tutors and/or mentors and department deans.