What are the majors most suitable for international students?

The current employment situation is relatively tight. Which major is the best for students studying in the United States to find a job? Below, the editor of Tiandao has compiled some information about studying in the United States for everyone. Students who want to study in the United States should come and check it out!

1. Physics Major

Physics is a major that is easy to study abroad. There is a shortage of physics talents in major American graduate schools, so it is easier to obtain scholarships. But the future for physics majors is bleak. Excellent students studying theoretical physics, if they have a good mathematical foundation and take some financial courses when the economic situation is good, can go to financial institutions to do quantitative analysis after graduation, and their annual salary can reach 150,000 to 300,000 US dollars. If you want to delve into academics, physics professors generally need 1 to 2 rounds of postdoctoral experience, as well as connections in the academic community and excellent research articles. Students in some fields of physics can also go to the basic research departments of companies such as GE, with an annual salary of more than 70,000.

2. Chemistry Major

Chemistry is also an industry that is easy to study abroad. Job prospects are pretty good in the United States. Among them, organic chemistry is the easiest to get into large pharmaceutical companies, such as Pfizer, Eli Lilly, etc. The starting salary for a PhD graduate can reach 80,000 to 90,000 US dollars, and the starting salary for a master's degree is about 50,000 to 70,000 US dollars. However, organic chemistry is relatively harmful to the body. In order to get into a good pharmaceutical company, you must pay attention to accumulating many skills during your studies, such as writing, language, participating in industry academic seminars, and getting to know people in the industry. Analytical chemistry can also go to pharmaceutical companies, analytical instrument companies, etc. Employment in inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry is slightly narrower, but chemistry is generally good because the chemical industry is relatively large-scale and there are many large companies in need of chemical talents, such as DuPont, Dow Chemical, GE, BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil. wait.

3. Mathematics majors

It is easier for students majoring in mathematics to go abroad, and their employment prospects are very good. In the future, they can go to finance, insurance, banking, real estate, credit cards, pharmaceuticals and other industries. The annual salary of a doctorate Above $80,000 to $150,000. Many outstanding mathematics Ph.D.s can directly become assistant professors without having to do postdocs. Everything in the United States is determined by supply and demand.

4. Statistics Major

Statistics majors have good employment prospects and can go to pharmaceutical, consulting, finance and other industries. The annual salary for a master's degree is more than 60,000 to 80,000 US dollars.

5. Biology major

It is easy to study abroad for biological sciences, but employment opportunities are in short supply. Firstly, the research methods are primitive and involve a lot of physical effort. Secondly, the homework is very heavy and requires almost 70 hours of work per week to produce results. It is difficult for those with a master's degree in biology to find a job. A PhD student must first work as a low-paid and insecure postdoc (annual salary is 36,000 to 48,000 US dollars) before he can go to a company or become a professor. Most Chinese students embark on this path because they lack an understanding of biology. Even outstanding American students usually have to work hard for many years after graduating from a Ph.D. to becoming a professor. After graduating with Ph.D.s in some top biology majors, they can join well-known consulting firms such as McKinsey and BCG, but this is definitely limited to a few universities such as MIT and Harvard.

6. Computer and Telecommunications Science Computer Science Major

This major has many related fields, and most of them have good employment situations, such as software, databases, networks, hardware, chips, wireless communications, etc. Even in a very theoretical industry, the employment prospects are not bad. The IT industry is a mature scale industry that can absorb a large number of high-quality talents. Generally, most PhD graduates go to large companies to do scientific research, earning an annual salary of US$100,000. Most graduates with master's degrees work as developers, with an annual salary of US$50,000 to US$80,000. The IT industry is still the mainstream of American science and technology. 50% of MIT undergraduate and graduate students major in ECE, electrical and computer engineering.

7. Engineering Major

Most students who study engineering can find suitable jobs in the United States. Among them, biomedical engineering, telecommunications/computer engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and petroleum are relatively easy to find jobs, while civil engineering, materials, nuclear energy, aerospace, etc. are more difficult to find. There are very few infrastructure projects in the United States, and nuclear energy, aerospace and other majors have nationality restrictions. Most students in these majors rely on their engineering and computer backgrounds to find IT-related jobs. The top engineering students in the United States sometimes do not necessarily do engineering, but choose to do industrial investment, venture capital, invention investment, etc., and their income will be much higher, up to more than 150,000 US dollars.