BACHELOR'S DEGREES

What is a Bachelor's Degree?
This degree is granted to students who have completed the undergraduate curricula of a university or college. After a bachelor degree students can choose a specialization field related to their careers. Moreover, they can also take an MBA program and then obtain a PhD Degree.

Usually, students enter a bachelor program after finishing high school. It’s important that the labor force be well-educated and trained according to their specialization fields. There many professionals who are taking specialization courses at universities, because companies require professionals with at least a bachelor degree nowadays.

Why take a bachelor's degree?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 96% of the 50 best-paid jobs demand bachelor degrees from job applicants in order to hire them. Moreover, applicants who hold a bachelor degree have 60% higher salaries than applicants with associated degrees.

Maybe in the past being a graduate wasn’t necessary; however times change and now it is necessary people have college or university degree in order to be considered for the job selection process.

As mentioned above, a bachelor degree is a must in order to get a job that fulfills all your expectations. Nowadays 83% of job applicants need a bachelor degree for almost all programming positions according to a survey carried out by State University, the Information Technology Association of America and Virginia Polytechnic. And by 2008 it’s expected that job rates for bachelor degree will increase by 21.9%.

Types of degrees
There are different programs for bachelor degrees, because educational institutions have different curricula. However there two main bachelor degrees:

• Bachelor of Science (BS). This degree is granted to students who have completed the whole coursework in a branch of science; these areas could be mathematical sciences, life sciences or physical sciences.
• Bachelor of Arts (BA). This degree is conferred on students who have finished the whole coursework in the branch of humanities and liberal arts; these areas could be music, social science, among other fields.

For more information on bachelor degrees such as the liberal studies degree, got to the Saint Joseph University website.