choosing a major is one of the most important decisions a college student can make. ideally, a college major can open doors into the workforce and help pave the way to a high-paying job and fulfilling career. as major life decisions go, choosing what to study in college isn’t to be taken lightly.
选择专业是大学生要做的最重要的抉择之一。抱负情况下，大学专业可以翻开职场大门，为获得高薪作业和充分的作业生计铺平路途。作为人生的严峻抉择，选择在大学学习啥并不是一件简略的事。
prospective students should be aware of how majors will position them for their desired industry and how earnings may vary by field over the course of a career. read on for expert advice on how to decide on a college major.
将来的学生大约晓得专业对他们所期望的作业的定位以及作业生计中不一样领域的收入会有怎样的差异。以下是关于如何选择大学专业的主张。
选择专业的主张
vol.1/ 找到你的快乐喜爱地址
a student’s major will greatly influence his or her college experience. many students join clubs related to their major and befriend classmates within their area of study. considering how a major can affect a student’s life both during and after college, it’s optimal to choose an area of sustained interest.
一个学生的专业将极大地影响他或她的大学阅历。例如，许多学生参加与他们专业有关的社团并和他们学习领域内的同学交兄弟。思考到一个专业会影响一个学生在大学时刻和结业后的日子，选择一个持续感快乐喜爱的领域是最佳的。
students should choose to focus their studies on topics they are interested in exploring and on skills they want to build.
学生大约选择把要点放在他们感快乐喜爱的研讨领域，以?窍胍嘤募寄苌稀?br>
vol.2/ 选择专业的时分要思考大学的
学术水平
students who are set on a specific major should consider how that subject is taught at their target schools. for example, does a college have a reputation for minting graduates who go on to successful careers in their chosen field? or does a college even offer the major that an applicant is interested in?
选择了特定专业的学生大约思考方针学校是如何教授该学科的。例如，一所大学是不是以培育结业生在自个选择的领域获得成功而出名?或许学校是不是会供给请求者感快乐喜爱的专业?
students should check college websites to learn more about available program offerings. another source to learn more about quality programs is the u.s. news rankings and qs world university rankings, which include breakdowns of top schools in engineering, finance, marketing and various other fields of study.
学生们可以查看大学网站，晓得更多可供选择的课程。另一个晓得学校课程质量的来历还可所以u.s. news 发布的排名榜单、qs世界大学排名榜单等作为参阅。这些榜单可以供给如工程、金融、商场推广和各种其他研讨领域的顶尖学校的分类。
vol.3/ 听取业界人士的作业主张
college applicants may gain a better understanding of the jobs in certain majors by speaking with industry professionals instead of family and friends.
大学请求者可以经过与业界人士而不是家人和兄弟攀谈来非常好地晓得某些专业的作业。
in a 2021 survey on students who sought advice on what to major in, 84% rated advice they received from people with experience in a field as helpful, and 82% rated advice from an employer or coworker as helpful. ultimately, parents should step back and remember that choosing a major is not their decision. let your child pick the major that he or she is most interested in。
在2021年对寻求专业主张的学生进行的一项查询中，84%的人认为他们从具有该领域经历的人那里得到的主张是有利的，82%的人认为雇主或火伴的主张是有利的。最终，家长们大约晓得，选择专业不是家长自个的抉择。让你的孩子选择他或她最感快乐喜爱的专业。
vol.4/ 晓得你想从事的作业
需要的学位是啥？
for many jobs, a bachelor’s degree is sufficient. but some professional roles require additional training. for example, aspiring doctors and lawyers should know that college is just the beginning. so while majoring in prelaw or premedicine may be the right step at the undergraduate level, those students should be aware that an additional degree will be required to practice law or medicine.
关于许多作业来说，学士学位就满足了。但一些专业性高的作业则需要额定的培训。例如，有志向的医生和律师大约晓得大学只是一个初步。因而，尽管在本科期间主修法令预科或医学预科可所以正确的一步，但这些学生大约知道到，从事法令或医学作业需要额定的学位。
experts say that before declaring a major, students should look to their end goals to understand if they will need a graduate or professional degree to land the job they want.
专家标明，在选择专业之前，学生们大约思考自个的究竟方针，弄理解自个是不是需要一个研讨生学位或专业学位来协助自个找到抱负作业。
vol.5/ 把你的专业和有用的辅修类别
联系起来
though a college major will make up a large portion of the courses a student takes, a minor is another avenue to learn useful skills. a useful major and minor combination can reinfor
ce skills across disciplines and prepare students to work in more than one industry.
尽管大学主修课程占学生课程的很大一有些，但辅修课程是学习有用技能的另一个途径。一个有用的专业和辅修联系可以加强跨学科的技能，并为学生在多个作业作业岗位做好预备。
“i think of a minor as an interdisciplinary link,” micah sadigh, a psychology professor and department chair at cedar crest college in pennsylvania, told u.s. news in 2021. “it links you, connects you to another discipline and changes, expands how you think about disciplines, but also, expands how you think about life, people, working with people, creativity and how creativity can manifest itself differently.”
2021年，宾夕法尼亚州西达克斯特学院的心思学教授兼系主任米卡·萨迪在承受《美国新闻与世界报导》采访时标明:“我认为辅修课程是一种跨学科的联络。它将你与另一门学科联络起来，并改动、拓宽你对学科的观点，一起也拓宽了你对日子、人、与人协作、创造力以及创造力如何以不一样方法体现出来的观点。”
vol.6/ 核算将来可以获得的薪资
it can be valuable for prospective and current college students to know which majors are more or less likely to lead to a high salary. students who have an idea of what they’ll make after college can get a jump-start on budgeting for things like student loan payments or graduate school.
关于大学生来说，晓得哪些专业结业后可以获得高薪是很有价值的。晓得大学结业后能赚多少钱的学生可以初步为学生告贷或研讨生院等作业做核算。
vol.7/ 要晓得专业是可以改动的
as a student takes more college classes, his or her interests will likely expand alongside the knowledge gained. that could mean a student suddenly discovers a new passion that translates into a career. as long as the decision to change a major is made early on, it should be a smooth transition.
跟着学生上更多的大学课程，他或她的快乐喜爱可以会跟着获得的常识而拓宽。这可以意味着学生俄然发现了一种新的喜爱，并将其转化为作业。只需及早做出转专业的抉择，都是可以平稳地从原专业过渡到新专业的。
however, if a student waits until late in college, changing majors may mean it takes longer to graduate. students should discuss the change with an academic adviser to make sure it works, but generally speaking, the earlier the better.
可是，假定一个学生在大学期间的后期换专业可以意味着需要更长的时刻才干结业。学生们大约与学术导师谈论转专业的事宜，以保证其有用，但一般来说，越早转专业越好。
高起薪的大学专业
here are the 3 college majors with the highest median starting salaries for graduates with a bachelor’s degree only, as well as the schools at which graduates earned the highest median starting salary for each of those majors, according to the nationally representative online salary survey by payscale.
根据具有代表性的payscale在线薪资查询，以下是仅有本科学位的结业生起薪中位数最高的3个大学专业，以及这些专业的结业生起薪中位数最高的学校。
#1
computer engineering
核算机工程
median starting salary: $80,300
起薪中位数:80,300美元
college with highest median alumni starting salary for this major: university of california—san diego
该专业校友起薪中位数最高的学院:加州大学圣地亚哥分校
median starting salary for university of california—san diego graduates in this field: $97,500
加州大学圣地亚哥分校在该领域结业生的起薪中位数为97,500美元
computer science
核算机科学
median starting salary: $77,300
起薪中位数:77,300美元
college with highest median alumni starting salary for this major: stanford university (ca)
该专业校友起薪中位数最高的学院:斯坦福大学(ca)
median starting salary for stanford university graduates in this field: $119,000
该领域斯坦福大学结业生的起薪中位数为11.9万美元
#2
#3
software engineering
软件工程
median starting salary: $75,900
起薪中位数:75,900美元
college with highest median alumni starting salary for this major: san josé state university (ca)
该专业校友起薪中位数最高的学院:圣何塞州立大学 (ca)
median starting salary for san josé state university graduates in this field: $92,100
圣何塞州立大学在这个领域的结业生起薪中位数:92,100美元
来历：u.s. news、 payscale 等，图像源于网络，如侵删。
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