On: Actuarial science ranked as most valuable college major

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Finance people in IB/PE would be pulling it up. It’s impressive that programming is that high.

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Having worked in trading (not IB, but the recruiting process is similar) - it's useful to know that relatively few people get into IB and fewer stay in IB or go on to MF PE.

Corporate jobs pay significantly less and make up a much greater portion of the jobs. IB is a low headcount industry.

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Having seen that industry as well, the numbers there are very high, and can skew true ever loving crap out of any average.