Posted by: rajeshkc July 16, 2008
profitable college majors
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Starting salaries after bachelor's according to http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/11/pf/college/starting_salaries/index.htm
 

Field / salary / % change with regards to past year

Chemical Engineering $59,361 +5.4%
Computer Engineering $56,201 +4.8%
Electrical Engineering $55,292 +3.2%
Mechanical Engineering $54,128 +4.6%
Computer Science $53,396 +4.1%
Civil Engineering $48,509 +5.4%
Finance $47,239 n/a
Accounting $46,718 +2.3%
Business Admin/Mgmt $43,701 +3.9%
Marketing $40,161 +6.1%
Political Science/Government $34,590 +5.9%
History $33,768 +3.3%
English $32,553 +5.3%
Sociology $32,033 +3.5%
Psychology $31,631 +4.7%

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