In your opinion Who has more valuable degrees as an employee?

With rising tuition costs and a rapidly changing job landscape, a student’s college major is more important than ever. It can either set you up for lifetime career success and high earnings or sink you into debt with few avenues to get ahead of it. “Unless you go to a top-20 brand name school, what matters most to employers is your major,” says Katie Bardaro, lead economist at compensation research firm PayScale. In fact, in a new report by Gen-Y researcher Millennial Branding, a full69% of managers agreed that relevant coursework is important when considering job candidates. The Forbes eBook On Paying For College Getting into college is hard enough. Paying for it shouldn’t be. Find out how to save thousands on higher ed. So which college majors are most likely to land you a well-paying job right out of school? Analysts at PayScale compared its massive compensation database with120 college majors and job growth projections through2020 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to determine the15 most valuable majors in the current marketplace. Ranked by median starting pay, median mid-career pay (at least10 years in), growth in salary and wealth of job opportunities, engineering and math reigned supreme. At No.1, biomedical engineering is the major that is most worth your tuition, time and effort. Biomedical engineers earn a median starting salary of $53,800, which grows an average of82% to $97,800 by mid-career. Moreover, the BLS projects a whopping61.7% growth of job opportunities in the field—the most of any other major on the list. Engineering concentrations comprise one third of the most valuable majors. Software engineering majors (No.4) earn a median of $87,800 after10 years on the job; environmental engineering majors (No.5) earn a median of $88,600; civil engineering majors (No.6) earn a median of $90,200; and petroleum engineering majors (No.9) earn a median of $155,000—the highest paycheck on the list. “These aren’t majors that anyone could do. They’re hard, and these programs weed people out,” says Bardaro. “However, there is high demand for them and a low supply of people with the skills, so it drives up the labor market price.”

It's more about the personality, the related field of experience, the communication, the soft skills, the leadership, the priorities, the procedures, the sequence of the activities, the ability to resolve issues and more.

This is a bit tricky.... first of all for which jobs are they applying ... are they competing... what is the employer asking for (is a degree a must). 

A Project Manager Certificate gives you a better knowledge what is needed in project management or on the job, however most employers prefer a credited degree over the  knowledge in the US.

The person without the degree would make less money and would work for the one with the degree in most cases..

The Project Management Certificate has more knowledge, however the one with the degree has more academics (no hands on only book knowledge)

 

I would prefer the one with the certification, ... since certain knowledge can be learned with outgoing to a university... I prefer hands on over book smart 

Being a PMP is definitely more valuable compare with non PMP. In other hand, In order for the person to be a PMP candidate, he/she needs to have at least 4 years of work experience with a bachelor degree, or 7 years of experience without a bachelor degree. So, In my opinion, I prefer a person who has a bachelor degree in a field close related to the work environment, as a must have option, then a PMP credential, if he/she has already the stated work experience.

Humanities degree??? Do we have any such degree available in colleges now to show in ur interview?

frankly if there is any i wonder which company is going to recruit?

 

21yrs with PMP no degree.... come on....am sure no21 yr old can carry a PMP cert unless he was a child labour having experience in PM...and how will he have no degree and just a PMP....

 

am sorry neither of them are correct choices tio make,

if humaities degree talks about your basic education then yes for a fresher i ll go with option1

 

Obviously2 would be option as he has a professional certification..however it depends on the circumstances. In some cases, humanities is definitely more valuable than a PMP certification as he is the same age but no degree or enough experience to prove the PMP. In other words, his PMP is treated as null and void due to lack of experience. 

With rising tuition costs and a rapidly changing job landscape, a student’s college major is more important than ever. It can either set you up for lifetime career success and high earnings or sink you into debt with few avenues to get ahead of it.

“Unless you go to a top-20 brand name school, what matters most to employers is your major,” says Katie Bardaro, lead economist at compensation research firm PayScale. In fact, in a new report by Gen-Y researcher Millennial Branding, a full 69% of managers agreed that relevant coursework is important when considering job candidates.

So which college majors are most likely to land you a well-paying job right out of school? Analysts at PayScale compared its massive compensation database with120 college majors and job growth projections through2020 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to determine the15 most valuable majors in the current marketplace. Ranked by median starting pay, median mid-career pay (at least10 years in), growth in salary and wealth of job opportunities, engineering and math reigned supreme.

At No.1, biomedical engineering is the major that is most worth your tuition, time and effort. Biomedical engineers earn a median starting salary of $53,800, which grows an average of82% to $97,800 by mid-career. Moreover, the BLS projects a whopping61.7% growth of job opportunities in the field—the most of any other major on the list.

Engineering concentrations comprise one third of the most valuable majors. Software engineering majors (No.4) earn a median of $87,800 after10 years on the job; environmental engineering majors (No.5) earn a median of $88,600; civil engineering majors (No.6) earn a median of $90,200; and petroleum engineering majors (No.9) earn a median of $155,000—the highest paycheck on the list.

“These aren’t majors that anyone could do. They’re hard, and these programs weed people out,” says Bardaro. “However, there is high demand for them and a low supply of people with the skills, so it drives up the labor market price.”

In the Millennial Branding survey, employers reported engineering and computer information systems majors as their top recruits. Also, nearly half of these employers (47%) said the competition for new science, technology, engineering and math talent is steep. That means while other recent grads fight for jobs, these students will likely field multiple offers.

Math and science concentrations are also well-represented on this list. Biochemistry (No.2), computer science (No.3), applied mathematics (No.10), mathematics (No.11), physics (No.14) and statistics (No.15) majors are increasingly in demand and well-paid.

Bardaro believes that the new data-driven market makes math skills, particularly statistics, more and more valuable to employers. Many companies now collect large datasets on consumer behavior, be it online search patterns or user demographics. Statisticians who understand data and can use it to forecast trends and behavior will do especially well, she says.

Conversely, the worst-paying college majors are child and family studies, elementary education, social work, culinary arts, special education, recreation and leisure studies, religious studies, and athletic training.

I think option2           .             

PMP certification would be valuable for obviously PM jobs and some experience would be a plus.

for a degree (even in the relevant subject) with no experience is worth nearly nothing.

2- a21-year-old with a PMP certification and no degree

 

Allow me to ask a question to answer this.

Who is valuable Doctor or Engineer?

 

Humanities: Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

 

PMP; No definition required I guess everyone knows. (PMP means one must have experience in project management)

 

Answer: It depends