/sci/ - Science & Math

Here you go. A table of graduate degrees in their respective tiers.

I think this image needs a final revision. This version does not take into account how long one needs to stay in school to acquire the proper level of a degree to get a good job. For example, with a PhD in mathematics, enjoy your $300,000 starting on Wall Street. With a BS? Not so much. Same goes for medicine. Got your MD? You're set. Got a bachelors in some medical sciences field? Enjoy pushing paper.

I think we need a way to quantify this chart, so we can put things in their proper tiers. The way I see it, there are a few different factors that could influence a certain degree's placement, such as the amount of time it takes to earn said degree (For example, it normally takes 8 years of higher education for an MD or PhD). That factor also brings the next question; Will a degree hold any value if you *only* get a BS/BA? An example for that would be the following: 4 year degree in engineering/CS? Enjoy your job. 4 year degree in African American Studies? Enjoy McDonald's.

Other such contributing factors would be average starting salary, average mid-career salary, and more importantly, how useful to humanity a particular field is. Less important ones would be a particular person's age, and if they are likely to get married and procreate or not.

What say you, /sci/? How should we quantify this? Let's make a general formula to plug in any degree to find its tier.

(By the way, this is the original troll chart. dealwithit.gif)

I don't have the version where God-Tier is what you love, Shit-Tier is what your parents wanted you to do, etc, but I have a question:

How many of you LOVE what you're doing? Also state what it is.

I have a question about this troll image. Why does it mix degrees that require graduate school (or for any career purposes, nearly always require graduate school) with 4 year programs?

Example: Engineering = 4years, Medicine = 8 years, Physics and Mathematics = 8+ years if you want a great job.