A recent study of US graduates by Altonji et al has found that Economics graduates have the highest average earnings of all university majors, closely followed by Finance (hat tip - Graham Brownlow) A sortable chart of average wages by college degree can be found at the Wall Street Journal (click here). Given the introduction of tuition fees in the UK, parents (and their offspring) will increasingly be paying attention to the findings of such studies.
Michael Aldous and I had our book The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain's Captains of Industry published a few weeks ago. You can find out more about it and buy it at Cambridge University Press's website . It is also available at Amazon , Waterstones , and Barnes & Noble . The CEO has already been reviewed in The Sunday Times , The Observer and Financial Times .