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Best Jobs 2015

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-jobs-2015-120000200.html

 

[Daneosaurus]

Shhhhhhh!!!

 

[DentalDoge]

Haha! my ds asda just posted this on fb.

 

[2THDDS]

Someone beat you to it lol

 

[doc toothache]

Expect to see an increase in the number of applicants for ds.

 

[Daneosaurus]

Expect to see an increase in the number of applicants for ds.

This is the case every year.

Isn't dentistry often at or near the top of these kinds of lists?

 

[cacajuate]

This is the case every year.

Isn't dentistry often at or near the top of these kinds of lists?

Pretty sure he is being sarcastic. I don't think the number of people applying each year changes much. I can't find doc's excel sheet that shows that.

 

[Weakfart]

Pretty sure he is being sarcastic. I don't think the number of people applying each year changes much. I can't find doc's excel sheet that shows that.

It's a bit dated but here is something from 2009 from the ADEA website.

 

[cacajuate]

It's a bit dated but here is something from 2009 from the ADEA website.

I was very wrong.

 

[Weakfart]

I was very wrong.

I wish I could find statistics after 2009 but everything just stops there. Unless someone wants to aggregate all the stats from the ADEA books we pretty much can only go off a year by year basis on enrollment. No doubt there are more applicants per year though.

 

[rm3042]

Heard this yesterday and was psyched!

 

[Cello]

Probably worth pointing out from those figures that from 1990 to 2009 there was a 25% increase in matriculating dental students. That is 25% in 20 years or roughly 1.25% per year. US population growth over that same period of time was about 20%. However, dental school applicants increased by 250%

 

[DentalDoge]

Probably worth pointing out from those figures that from 1990 to 2009 there was a 25% increase in matriculating dental students. That is 25% in 20 years or roughly 1.25% per year. US population growth over that same period of time was about 20%. However, dental school applicants increased by 250%

Glad I got in now rather than later.

 

[SableFire]

Probably worth pointing out from those figures that from 1990 to 2009 there was a 25% increase in matriculating dental students. That is 25% in 20 years or roughly 1.25% per year. US population growth over that same period of time was about 20%. However, dental school applicants increased by 250%

There is also many more dental schools today than there was in the 90s and early 2000s

 

[doc toothache]

Probably worth pointing out from those figures that from 1990 to 2009 there was a 25% increase in matriculating dental students. That is 25% in 20 years or roughly 1.25% per year. US population growth over that same period of time was about 20%. However, dental school applicants increased by 250%

Do you want to recalculate?

 

[lazyindy]

Hell yeah!!! 😎😎

I usually tell people being a dentist isn't a big deal though just to keep application numbers down hehe 😀

but yeah this is the GOAT job, with the GOAT lifestyle, ample time to pursue the GOAT women.

now all that's left is actually owning a GOAT lol

 

[techyguy]

Just for the sake of comparison, this list has dentistry at #61:
http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/jobs-rated-2014-ranking-200-jobs-best-worst
http://www.careercast.com/content/top-200-jobs-2014-61-80

Hygienist is #6
Podiatrist #29
Pharmacist #33
Orthodontist #48
Psychiatrist #49
Hair Stylist #58
Dentist #61
Dental Lab Tech #73

 

[DentalDoge]

Just for the sake of comparison, this list has dentistry at #61:
http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/jobs-rated-2014-ranking-200-jobs-best-worst
http://www.careercast.com/content/top-200-jobs-2014-61-80

Hygienist is #6
Podiatrist #29
Pharmacist #33
Orthodontist #48
Psychiatrist #49
Hair Stylist #58
Dentist #61
Dental Lab Tech #73

Hmm Mathematician at #1...

US News is a pretty reputable source. They've been ranking schools for a while now. Their best job ranking cant be that bad.

 

[techyguy]

Yeah, they link their methodology on that first page, but I don't particularly care to read it. Careercast is the one I always see quoted by Forbes and co.

I don't think it matters much, though.

 

[yeslek88]

None of it matters. Just a bunch of journalists sitting behind desks projecting other careers "work environments" and "stress".

Its all f*cking fairy dust.

 

[Cello]

Do you want to recalculate?

Was looking at the wrong row and meant 150%... woops. 🙂 I calculated based on # of DAT but meant to use the applicant numbers. It's still a huge increase though from 5,123 to 12,210 is a 138% increase.

However, the number of re-applicants has increased dramatically since 1990, and it seems that first time applicants have increased at a more normal pace of roughly 31% since 1990.