October 20, 2006 8:44 PM
Best Starting Salary For College Graduates
Marshall Loeb summaries a study on starting salary of college graduates. It shouldn't be a surprise that engineering students and bean counters make more money than those devoted to education and retailing.
From MarketWatch:
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the largest number of job offers to new college graduates with bachelor's degrees in the past year went to people in the following fields (in order):
Field Average & Starting Pay
Accounting $46,039
Engineering $49,715
Building, Developing $45,052
Consulting $47,037
Financial Services $43,950
Educational Services $30,291
Oil & Coal Products $53,611
Aerospace $54,410
Retail/Wholesale Trade $34,932
Transportation Equipment Mfg. $51,610...
More specifically, people with certain kinds of degrees are more in demand -- much more. The bachelor's degrees most desired by prospective employers are, in order: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, accounting, business administration/management, economics/finance, computer science, information sciences and systems, marketing, computer engineering, chemical engineering.
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