The Raw Prawn

Aside from helping you to avoid these glaring economic mistakes, studying Economics will also help you make a lot of money.

Business administration and economics/finance graduates received a 6.2 percent and a 3 percent boost in average pay to $38,254 and $40,630, respectively. The average starting salary for marketing grads jumped 2 percent to $34,712 and 1 percent to $41,058 for accounting majors.

If Engineering isn't your thing, studying money is the best way to make money.

Note that engineering and computer science still top the league tables, suggesting that outsourcing fears are a bit overblown...