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With the cost of college tuition at top-notch private schools, you got to wonder whether it is worth it. Of course, much depends on what your major is. With its annual listing of average salary offers by college major, the NACE can help you decide!
Here are the top ten highest paying majors, along with their average salaries:
1. Chemical engineering ($55,900)
2. Computer engineering ($54,877)
3. Electrical/electronics and communications engineering, ($52,899)
4. Mechanical engineering ($50,672)
5. Computer science ($50,046)
6. Accounting ($45,723)
7. Economics/finance, including banking ($45,191)
8. Civil engineering ($44,999)
9. Business administration/management ($39,850)
10. Marketing/marketing management, including marketing research ($36,260)
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I think these surveys are pretty close to meaningless. People generally go into engineering because they want to, and the money is gravy. If you don’t like the math/science aspect you won’t survive a quality program.
There is no equivalent professional degree for business. The vast majority of entry-level jobs are as open to drama majors as they are to econ geeks, and if it’s a customer-facing position, the drama major may do better. Internships and extracurriculars can also outweigh major as a deciding factor.
To the extent that finance/econ majors make more right out of the gate, it’s probably because they’re choosing to pursue the kinds of jobs that pay more to begin with, sort of the way that journalism majors probably make crap.