 80% of millionaires, 90% of billionaires, and 95% of Fortune 500 CEOs have a college degree. This is probably the opposite of what all the gurus on YouTube tell you, but the truth is for the average person getting a college degree is worth it. And in this video, we are going to break down which college degrees are more likely to make you a millionaire and which ones aren't. Now I already did a video very similar to this where I talked about very specific college top 10 college degrees that are most likely to make you a millionaire. But in this video, I'm going to be breaking down all the different types of college degrees and we're going to go a little bit more in depth. But before we dive in, first of all, gently poop the like button in order to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm. Also share the video. I unfortunately don't have millions of dollars in a marketing team like a lot of these universities do to share these videos. So I rely on your contributions to the channel and the way that you can contribute is by liking, sharing, and subscribing if you haven't done it already. So thank you for doing that to help get the word out because I am just one man, I'm just a very small channel going up against hundreds of universities that have millions and millions of dollars of budget. Now on top of that, if you are somebody who's having issues choosing what college major would be your dream college degree, and you want to get the most out of college with the least amount of time and effort possible. And on top of that, figure out how to get your first entry level job after graduating college, then check out my college one on one course down in the description below. Now with that being said, let's jump into it and we are going to break this down into all of the different types of college degrees. And we're going to start from the type of degree that creates the least amount of millionaires to the type of degree that creates the most. And there's basically nine different types of college degrees. So we're going to break them down. It's, you know, social science degrees, art degrees, math degrees, et cetera. And coming in at dead last on the list is going to be art degrees. Unfortunately, art degrees only showed up once on the list of the top 30 degrees. And that was at number 29. And this was actually a bunch of different art degrees that were bunched together. And it still only came in at number 29 on the list. So this is something that you see over and over again throughout history. Unfortunately, artists a lot of the time they're dead broke throughout their entire life. And then after they die, like 100 years after they die, that's when their paintings become extremely valuable. Now it has gotten a little bit better in the modern age. You know, obviously you have musicians, for instance, that make a lot of money, but a lot of the time there are record labels that take a significant amount of their money and also control them as well. Now with that being said, this isn't about art in general. This is about art degrees specifically. And also I have a ton of respect for artists. I think they're amazing. I have quite a few friends who are artists and I really appreciate what they do and what they contribute to the world. But with that being said, it is in my opinion that 99.9% of the time it's not going to be worth it for you to get an art related degree. Unless you are somebody who is truly talented, like you're a world class pianist, and you get an offer to attend Juilliard School of Music or something along those lines, then that would be an exception. But for the average person who's just passionate about art, like playing an instrument or painting or something along those lines, it's not going to be worth it for you to go to college. A much better use of your time and money would just simply be moving to a city where there's a lot of other artists and then learning from them. And also when it comes to art, it's really just about practice, practice, practice. So if you want to get really good at painting, for instance, you need to just make probably like a painting every single day. And after you spend thousands of hours doing that, you're going to get really good. Nice. And another thing to mention here when it comes to making money from art is usually you're not going to be able to get a job where art is your job like doing art as a job. Unfortunately, there's just not that much demand out there on the job market. And so what you have to do is get a little bit creative with it. So for instance, you can start a YouTube channel, you pretty much have to be very entrepreneurial if you are an artist. And like I said, in my opinion, 99% of the time getting an art degree is not going to help you. All right. So next on the list, number eight is going to be social science slash liberal arts degrees. All right. So this one did a little bit better than art. You've got economics, for instance, at number three, you've got political science at number 10 and history came in at number 15. Now, when it comes to the numbers, when you look at the averages here, unfortunately, the pay usually isn't very good. And of course, I've broken down the numbers in so many different videos on the channel. So you can just check out other videos on my channel if you want to see those. But usually there's not much demand when it comes to social science and liberal arts degrees. And on top of that, the few jobs out there that are available, aren't going to be very well paying. But with that being said, I think one of the strengths of liberal arts degrees is they teach you what are known as soft skills. These are going to be things like debating, critical thinking, formulating an argument, communication. And when you think about these things, you might not be able to directly get a job or directly make money after learning these types of skills, because they're not hard skills, right? They're not employable skills. However, they might indirectly help you make money. And on top of that, they probably enrich your life as well. And you do see a lot of people who graduate with liberal arts or social science degrees go into number seven on the list, which is law. So law did come in at number seven on the list, you would go into law to become a lawyer, get your JD, and this is a doctoral level professional degree. So what I'll say about this one is it's great for a certain type of person. So if you are an extremely A type, competitive, entrepreneurial person who doesn't mind working 80 hours a week for basically the first 10 years of your career at least, then this might be a good option for you. This is one of those feast or famine type degrees, it's high risk, but also high reward. You know, if you go into this degree hoping that you're going to have a really good life balance and still make a ton of money. Unfortunately, that's probably not going to happen. The people who make a ton of money in law are those who are at the very top they work for the best law firms, they go to the best law schools, etc. However, this can still be a good option for the right type of person next on the list. Number six is going to be math degrees. Now this one came in at number 12 for mathematics, number 14 for physics, but it goes beyond just the math degrees themselves. A lot of the top ones on this list, like engineering, for instance, have a ton of math in them. So even though math does kind of rank low on this list, you have to take into consideration that the skill of mathematics is extremely valuable. And that's why you find it in so many other degrees. Now, when you look at these statistics for math, usually the types of jobs that you would go into are going to be relatively high paying. A lot of the time they aren't going to have much to do with pure mathematics, though. So you might go into finance, for instance, you might go into computer programming. And that's just because of the fact that math is a little bit impractical, especially the theoretical part of it. It is really valuable. Not that many people can do it, but unfortunately, there aren't many jobs out there for people to do like theoretical mathematics problems. You do have to figure out how to use your mathematics knowledge in a practical way. So it might be a little bit difficult for you to get your first job right after college, but once you get some experience under your belt, it's going to be pretty easy after that. Next one on the list, number five is going to be science degrees. And this one's going to come in pretty heavy in the middle. So for instance, physics, you could label that as a science degree or math degree, that one comes in at number 14. Chemistry comes in at 18, biology comes in at 19, geology comes in at 22. So you see quite a few science degrees that are kind of in the middle range. Now remember, this data is from like the last 40 years or so. So I do think that science degrees were probably a little bit better than math degrees in the past. But in my opinion, this has now flipped, right? So I think math is actually lower on the list as in like better on the list now than it was 40 years ago. And science is going to be a little bit higher or worse on the list than it was at that time. With a lot of science degrees, for instance, biology is a perfect example. People think that they can get a job after going to four years and getting a bachelor's. And unfortunately, they find out that most of the time they're not going to be able to get a job. And if they are able to get it, it's a super basic entry level job. And it's nothing like they thought they would be doing. So if you know you're in for the long haul, you know that you're okay with getting a master's or a doctorate, science degrees can be a great choice. But you do have to realize what you're getting yourself into next on the list. Number four is going to be health related degrees. Now I looked into the methodology on this list. And unfortunately, they kind of grouped health related degrees in with the science related degrees. But there was one that showed up at number 13, which was medicine. And of course, there's a ton of different types of medicine related degrees like becoming a doctor. Everybody knows that doctors make a lot of money. But there are other good health related degrees out there as well. You've got physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nursing, etc. And not only can you make a ton of money with health related degrees, but I also think you have a really good work life balance. And another thing that's great about health degrees is it's very obvious what you're going to do. So for instance, if you get a nursing degree, you're going to become a nurse. If you get a pharmacy degree, you're going to become a pharmacist. Whereas with a lot of the degrees on this list, unfortunately, if you get a mathematics degree, for instance, you're probably not going to become a mathematician. So it's not as straightforward, and you have to get a little more creative with it. And that means you have to do more research and look further ahead. Health degrees, on the other hand, are very straightforward. And another great thing about them is you can get into careers at pretty much every level. It's not just bachelor's or master's or doctorate, you can get into careers at like a one to two year level. So kind of an associates level that are really good and get into careers at kind of a three to four year level, like a nurse, for instance, that are also very good. At the six year level, you've got PA, nurse practitioner, that's really great. And then, of course, at the eight year level, you can become an MD. And there's other options out there as well. So pretty much at every single level, you have really good options when it comes to health degrees. But when it comes to purely making the most money, there are some, especially on this list of data that was taken in the last 40 years or so, that are better. So next on the list, number three is going to be technology degrees. Now, everybody knows how much I like computer science. And that one did come in at number eight on the list. However, in my opinion, again, this is a relatively new major. So computer science wasn't really a thing until about 30 years ago or so. And so for that reason, I think it's not a fair thing to kind of compare them to degrees that have been around forever. I can almost promise you that computer science is much higher than number eight on the list at this point. And there's other really good technology degrees out there as well, like information technology management. There's also a ton of kind of two year technology degrees that are pretty good if you don't want to go for the full four years. So this one is great. It's relatively future proof. Big fan of technology degrees. They did come in number three on the list, but maybe 10 years from now, 20 years from now, they might be number one. Number two on the list is going to be engineering degrees in general. Now, on this list with the methodology for some reason, they decided to bunch all of the engineering degrees together. And so engineering did come in as number one. However, I think it probably would have been better to separate all of the different engineering related degrees, like chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, et cetera. But with that being said, we're going to work with the data that we have and engineering degrees are great. They've been good for many, many years. They've been good for like 40 years, very high paying, very good chance you're going to get a job. Some of them are better than others. And of course, I've broken that down in other videos extensively. And even if you don't end up becoming an engineer, you'll likely end up being very highly paid in different industries. Again, I've broken that down extensively as well. Engineering degrees are very flexible. On top of that, engineers do tend to become either high level executives or entrepreneurs. And it makes sense because when you think about it, engineering at its core is just practical problem solving. And that's the same thing that entrepreneurship is. However, there was one type of degree that beat out engineering. And that is business related degrees. So business related degrees came in at number two with MBA, number five, bachelor's of business administration, number six commerce, number seven accounting, number nine finance, number 11 management, number 16 marketing, I mean, they literally made up like half of the top 15. Yeah, they do make up half if you count economics as a business degree. But if you don't count that, they made up over half of the top 11. And this makes a lot of sense to me because not only did they prepare you for certain careers that tend to be high paying and give you a lot of opportunity, but they're also very flexible. And then on top of that, they make a great segue into opening your own business someday. But even if you don't open your own business, even if you just decide to become an employee, you're also more likely to learn things about investing, for instance, and investing and saving at an early age is going to be key to becoming a millionaire. So yeah, engineering and business were very close there. But in terms of just the sheer volume of different degrees that create a ton of millionaires, business did edge engineering out. I think it would be interesting to kind of compare the different sub types of engineering to the different sub types of business though. And honestly, guys, if you haven't done it already, check out my other videos right here. I made them just for you. And if you haven't done it already, go ahead, gently tap the like button, hit the subscribe button, ring the notification bell and comment down below any thoughts, comments, criticisms, etc. that you have on this video. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one.