Engineering majors are projected to be the top-paid bachelor's degree graduates from the Class of 2015, according to the National Association of Colleges and
The projected overall starting salary for these graduates is $62,998. Within the reported engineering disciplines, petroleum engineering majors are likely to earn the highest salaries with an anticipated average salary of $80,600.
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The projected overall average starting salary for these graduates is $62,998. (See Figure 1.) Within the reported engineering disciplines, petroleum engineering majors are likely to earn the highest salaries with an anticipated average salary of $80,600.
Following closely behind the engineering graduates in terms of projected starting salaries are those earning bachelor’s degrees in the computer sciences fields; these grads are projected to earn an average starting salary of $61,287, with specific computer science majors having an average projected salary of $62,377.
At $56,171, the third-highest average salary projection among the bachelor’s degree broad categories is for math and sciences majors. Within these disciplines, physics majors received the highest projection—$64,625.
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