You're not going to be able to buy a football team at a $200k per year salary. It depends on how soon you want to make $200k/year. If you want it right out of college, it's unlikely to happen unless you get a finance/economics degree with top-tier grades from a top-tier school (think Ivy League or other high-quality private college) and go work at an investment firm on Wall Street. You could also make that money right out of school with a professional degree (i.e., juris doctor (lawyer), medical doctor, doctor of dental surgery, or doctor of veterinary surgery), but that's a graduate degree and once again, you'll have to go to a top-tier school and get top-tier grades to make that kind of money right out of school. If you don't mind working your way up over time to that kind of salary, a degree in computer engineering or computer science is a good path to take. Go to a good school, study your ass off, and then aim to work at a top technology company. Then work your way up the ladder over time. It won't be long until you hit your salary goals. If you want to buy a football team eventually, you'll need to make millions per year. The only real way to do that is to start your own business and grow it into something successful. The chances of rising to the million-dollar-plus club working for somebody else are miniscule (and it usually takes 20-30 years). Get a degree in something that interests you (or don't get a degree at all) and then start a related company.