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AND WELL PAID
Engineering graduates across disciplines are among the highest-paid students coming out of college. They often command salaries significantly higher than other undergraduates. For 2017, engineers’ salaries were 30 percent higher than the average salaries of all majors.
AVERAGE SALARIES 2017
DISCIPLINE STARTINGSALARY
Computer Science
Engineering
Math & Science Health Sciences Business Overall Average Social Sciences History Communications Visual & Perf. Arts English
$73,677
$65,539
$60,631
$53,872
$52,456
$50,516
$46,707
$38,997
$38,897
$37,887
$36,180
TOP-PAID ENGINEERING MAJORS 2017
MAJOR
Computer Engineering Petroleum Engineering Electrical Engineering Systems Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Industrial Engineering Aerospace Engineering
STARTING SALARY
$73,084
$72,930
$69,432
$68,449
$66,519
$66,490
$64,904
$64,699
$76,070
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