{"id":108851,"date":"2016-01-13T19:30:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=108851"},"modified":"2018-05-29T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:11:06","slug":"the-best-degrees-in-south-africa-if-you-want-to-make-the-most-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/108851\/the-best-degrees-in-south-africa-if-you-want-to-make-the-most-money\/","title":{"rendered":"The best degrees in South Africa if you want to make the most money"},"content":{"rendered":"

With school leavers flocking to universities across South Africa to further their education, many would have had long discussions about which is the best degree to study to maximize their earning potential.<\/p>\n

Career and job information platform, PayScale has compiled a list of bachelor degrees which have the highest earning potential<\/a><\/strong>– and simply put: if you want earn a lot of money, become and engineer.<\/p>\n

While choosing a career path based on salary alone isn’t always the best option, with the cost of university in mind – and the fact that many will spend much time paying back student loans – it is an important factor.<\/p>\n

The group’s findings were that degrees in engineering, computer science and maths netted the highest earnings – up to $168,000 (R2.7 million) per year with 10 year’s experience, or up to $101,000 (R1.7 million) just starting out for highly qualified engineers.<\/p>\n

This was followed by degrees in science (particularly chemistry and biomedical) and business (finance and economics).<\/p>\n

PayScale’s top 10 Bachelor’s degrees, based on earning potential<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Petroleum Engineering<\/li>\n
  2. Nuclear Engineering<\/li>\n
  3. Actuarial Mathematics<\/li>\n
  4. Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n
  5. Electronic and Communications Engineering<\/li>\n
  6. Computer Science and Engineering<\/li>\n
  7. Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/li>\n
  8. Systems Engineering<\/li>\n
  9. Aeronautical Engineering<\/li>\n
  10. Mining Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Top sectors, according to top 100 degrees:<\/strong><\/p>\n