Top 10 Most Profitable College Majors

Graduating seniors in this subject area can expect a starting salary at a whopping $55,900 on average--even with no work experience--followed by electrical engineering at $52,899, according to a new salary survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges & Employers.
Top 10 most profitable college majors and the average starting salary:
- Chemical engineering, $55,900
- Electrical engineering, $52,899
- Mechanical engineering, $50,672
- Computer science, $50.046
- Accounting, $45,723
- Economics/Finance, $45,191
- Civil engineering, $44,999
- Business administration, $38,850
- Marketing, $36,260
- Liberal arts majors, $30,828
- While computer science grads have had ever increasing salary offers, that streak ended this year with offers that were 2 percent less than a year ago.
- Accounting and economics experienced the greatest growth, rising 11 percent from a year ago.
- Liberal arts majors, such as history, English, chemistry and biology, may have finished last but they experienced an increase of 6.1 percent since the previous year.
- The average salary offer to marketing graduates fell by 3.4 percent from a year ago.
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