Students looking to excel financially should set their sights on studying engineering at university, according to new research.<\/p>\n
The study revealed that 22% of the world\u2019s wealthiest people have studied engineering at university, with a degree in the subject twice as likely to help someone to become a billionaire as one in business education.<\/p>\n
Approved Index \u2013 a business-to-business buying platform \u2013 analyzed the educational background of billionaires by examining Forbes\u2019 list of the richest 100 people in the world.<\/p>\n
Studying business helped 12% to amass their fortune, while 9% studied an arts subject \u2013 surprisingly a higher number than those that specialized in business-orientated topics, such as finance and economics.<\/p>\n
With just 4% having studied science and maths at university, the results of the research point towards a need for greater focus on ensuring students know the value of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths).<\/p>\n
Value of studying STEM subjects<\/strong><\/p>\n Girls who take just one A-level focused on a STEM subject have the potential to earn an additional \u00a34,500 each year, according to research from Sutton Trust.<\/p>\n The focus on STEM subjects could see a change in the stereotype of billionaires in the future. The number of students taking chemistry at A-level has risen, as has those taking physics, biology and maths.<\/p>\n Engineering graduates are also the richest of their peers within the list, with a combined wealth of $25.8bn (c. \u00a317.8 billion), compared to a net worth of $24bn (c. \u00a316.6 billion) for billionaires without a degree and $22.5bn (c. \u00a315.5 billion) for those who studied finance.<\/p>\n The findings point towards the need for variety when it comes to studying subjects at university while highlighting the effect on future earning potential.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a graduate looking to kick-start your career, have a chat with Discovery Graduates and see how they can help get you started<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students looking to excel financially should set their sights on studying engineering at university, according to new research. The study revealed that 22% of the world\u2019s wealthiest people have studied engineering at university, with a degree in the subject twice as likely to help someone to become a billionaire as one in business education. Approved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}