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Anything with calculus and science will make 20k more a year than a english major. In other words a computer engineer will make 80k, a microbiologist will make 50K. There are a dozen sub specialties with microbiology, some pay more, some pay less, but all pay more than a english major.

A short thing I read.

There is a guy that took this in college.

He developed or discovered (not sure) some sort of bacteria that could eat away a certain type of waste produced by some chemical companies.

The article stated that he sold his company for 13 million at age 35.