The College Degrees With The Highest Starting Salaries
The College Degrees With
The Highest Starting Salaries
by Susan Adams
A new salary survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)has some good news for the graduates of the class of 2013. Though many grads are still struggling to find work—an analysis commissioned by the Associated Press in April showed that more than half (53.6%) of new grads were jobless or underemployed—those who are working in their chosen fields are enjoying a 2.4% uptick in salaries from the previous year. Graduates in some majors like petroleum engineering are making close to six figures in their first jobs. According to NACE, that’s the top-paying bachelor’s degree with a salary of $96,200. The next two highest-paying majors are also engineering degrees: computer engineering at $70,300 and chemical engineering at $66,900.NACE released two tables this week showing earnings for 2013 graduates. A Bethlehem
