Is you degree worth your dollar?

In the context of ever rising fees, over-priced student accommodation and the annual inflation of our beloved-Klute quaddie, the need for cash is a common problem in our day to day Duzzah lives.

But for some students, a life of lavishness and debauchery could be just around the corner…if you do the right degree!

What a conundrum…

According to a new study, David Cameron’s call to end ‘snobbery’ over traditionally ‘non-academic’ degrees and support newer, more vocational degrees such as Finance Management, could have some gravitas.

Research led by Wealth Consultancy firm WealthInsight, has found the top degrees for raking in the pounds and achieving sky-high earnings.

Based on a study of the academic degrees taken by the world’s millionaires, the top ten undergraduate and graduate degrees for making some dollar are:

1. Engineering
2. MBA (Masters of Business Administration)
3. Economics
4. Law
5. (Bachelor’s) Business Administration (BBA)
6. Commerce
7. Accounting
8. Computer Science
9. Finance
10.  Politics

Durham and Queen’s Campus offers all these courses, bar Commerce, but with 62 out of 129 possible degree courses at Durham and Queen’s campus being Arts or Social Science degrees, nearly half of Durham students could be disadvantaged in reaching millionaire status.

MMBBA – Mother-fucking Millionaire Badass Business Associate

According to WealthInsight’s findings 12.8 per cent of the millionaires studied have an MBA (Masters of Business Administration).

Nonetheless, whatever the degree, research suggests that attaining a degree remains key to monetary success.

You…are not going to be me.

Despite Richard Branson’s impressive success as a dyslexic school drop out, not everyone is so lucky, with only 1 per cent of millionaires did not receive a degree. In fact, 4.5 % have a PhD.

So there you have it, if you want to being rolling up to the Savoy in your Rolls Royce – steer clear of the Arts, pull your sleeves up and get your geek on!