Best STEM Industries
Information Technology
CompTIA, a major information technology (IT) industry trade association, says that IT “involves the use of technology to communicate, transfer data, and process information. From communications to data management and operational efficiency, IT...
Social Media
Social media refers to user-created content (audio, text, video, multimedia) that is published and shared online. It is also the online technology that allows users to share content and communicate with one another. Social media has changed how...
Engineering
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) defines engineering as "that profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgment to develop ways...
Accounting
Accounting practices have been used ever since the first farmer kept track of the number of sheep or cows he owned and the first merchants tracked inventory and kept records of their profits and losses. From these humble beginnings, accounting...
Energy
The energy industry comprises the companies and people who locate fuel resources, harness them or remove them from the earth, and then process and distribute them for use. It is one of the largest, most dynamic, and often most controversial...
Mathematics and Physics
Mathematics is the science of numbers and their combinations, operations, generalizations, and abstractions. As a science of order and structure, math evolved from counting, measuring, and describing the shapes of objects around us. Mathematics...
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry produces drugs and other products that help people and animals live healthier lives, recover from injuries, and fight illnesses. From its humble origins in local pharmacies and apothecaries that...
Investment Management
Investment management is the business of investing other people’s money. It is the “buy side” of the broader financial industry. Investment managers, sometimes called asset managers or money managers, put their clients’ money to work in common...
Aerospace
Two main disciplines make up the aerospace industry: aeronautics , the study of flight, and astronautics , the study of travel beyond Earth's atmosphere. Within these divisions are a multitude of space, commercial, and military uses for moving...
Architecture
Architecture is a blend of technology and art. Architects plan and design buildings, other structures, and the spaces around them. In addition, many technicians are involved in the design processes and in the construction projects that...