Friday, October 15, 2010

How well paid are econ majors? NACE fall 2010 survey results

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has recently published its Fall 2010 Salary Survey report on starting salary offers to new college graduates, in this case the Class of 2010 bachelor’s degree graduates. The full report is available only to paying members of NACE. But some of the report's findings -- summarized below -- are available at this web site of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
disciplinesaverage starting salary offer ($)
computer science60,473
computer engineering60,396
chemical engineering60,396
electrical/electronics engineering59,512
aerospace engineering58,208
mechanical engineering58,110
industrial/manufacturing engineering57,396
bioengineering and biomedical engineering53,416
information sciences and systems52,530
economics51,698
civil engineering51,321
management information systems48,932
mathematics (including statistics)48,499
business administration/management43,991
marketing41,670
chemistry39,404
history38,731
psychology32,260

As in the fall 2009 report, engineering grads lead the pack. And econ majors are doing pretty well, thanks.

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