http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-Jobs-With-Great-Return-on-usnews-4256113474.html?x=0
This article is so far off base, it's not even funny. This will fall into yet another pointless yahoo jobs/finance article that I wasted minutes on. I'll discuss the fallacies in their job reasoning below, but first I will say, they give stats for how much these make, but don't tell you how much the average schooling is for these jobs. How can you say they're a great return when you don't know the actual statistics on cost of education? They're missing 1/2 of the article. Are they really that good of value if they're so specialized that you won't get a job in it? ok moving onto the jobs highlighted:
Let's see: Radiation Therapist 70K+ with an associates degree.... EXCEPT: More often than not those programs require you to already be IN the field of Radiology Tech (another associates degree). To get into Radiology tech, you first need your pre-reqs done either through an existing bachelor's degree or through taking them at the local community college and by grace of god getting into aforementioned radiology tech program. So really that 2 year associates degree in Radiation therapy is more like 6 -8 years of schooling. Nice try Yahoo. I've researched this path for a career, I'm on to you!
Job # 2: Dental Hygienist: Another associates degree: Good luck getting into that one! Once again, most require at least 2 years of pre-requisites, excellent grades and grace of god to actually get into a program.I've also researched this one and even went to informational sessions only to find out the above.
Other jobs mentioned: Petroleum engineer, Transportation engineer, Nuclear power reactor operator (because there are SOOOO many nuclear reactors here, right?) and Prosthedontist (a further certification AFTER bachelors degree, AFTER dental school --approx 12 years of school).
Return on investment for these programs? Somehow, I doubt it. And to mis-represent some of them as a simple 2 year program does a great injustice.
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