Our own Claudine Vainrub, Principal at EduPlan and college and career counselor, has been once again quoted in an online article related to education. In the article published by Yahoo Education “Seven degrees for high-income careers”, Ms. Vainrub expressed her opinion about Psychology degrees:  “Psychology majors become great assets in corporate departments such as human resources management and industrial relations, as they are ready to assess personalities and abilities, work with people, understand their concerns, and address individual situations,” says Vainrub. See article bellow:

Seven degrees for high-income careers

These seven college degrees have the potential to pay you back – and then some.

By Lia Sestric

When you head to the ice cream parlor (or your favorite fro yo place), you pick a flavor you know will make you happy right? The same rule should apply to how you select your college major.

But if happiness to you means seeing a return on that educational investment, you may want to consider a college degree’s payback potential. Yes, the decision may not be as easy (or sweet) as choosing a frozen scoop, but doing some smart research will certainly help.

“Some degree programs provide students specific skill sets that are rare and can immediately be applied to an employer,” says John Paul Engel, founder and CEO at Knowledge Capital Consulting, a management consulting firm. If you choose a degree like this, you could increase your marketability, which may be worthy of a bigger paycheck.

Fortunately, making the wrong degree choice doesn’t have to mean game over for you. And of course, there are no guarantees that a particular degree will help you land a better-paying job, but it may help put the odds in your favor.

Are you ready to learn more? Here are seven majors that could pay back.

To read the entire article visit:

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/degrees_that_could_be_good_investments_2.htm