If you want to consider other “people” job choices that take only a four-year degree – well, those are just not going to be top paying. Even for social work, which is one of the lower paying jobs, you will never get anywhere unless you have a master’s degree.

The U.S. Dept. of Labor has compiled a lot of statistics on all kinds of jobs, giving the education/training required, pay, working conditions, etc. at this site, called the Occupational Outlook Handbook:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Their statistics are always about three years behind but you can at least see how the pay at one job compares with another.

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