Going to college next year… What majors have the best outlook for after 2012?

Generally science majors do pretty well pretty consistently. This includes computer science, pretty much any field of engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics (I should note that people who go for BS [Bachelor of Science] degrees are the ones who do well in these fields; some of these majors are also offered as BA [Bachelor of Arts] degrees; the BS looks much better).

Outside the sciences, accounting and finance do well, I believe. The general rule seems to be the more the major teaches skills which will make it easy for you to start a career and be productive pretty quickly.

I studied accounting and there is always a need for accountants.

Since the number of seniors is growing, the medical field seems the strongest.

MBA’s.

Anything with Finance.

Accounting.

I personally find business to be terribly boring, but it will establish a lucrative career track.

Anything high technology based.

always a need for accountants