What Do You Want To Make? The Highest Paid College Degrees

February 21, 2006 | Posted by Allison as Chasing the Greenbacks at 1:39 pm | (6) Comments »

chemistry set.bmpNeed a paycheck boost but not prepared to rob the bank next door?  Why not consider adding another degree to your educational repertoire.  According to CNNMoney, you want to look at engineering, engineering, engineering.

The National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) stated last summer that some type of applied science degree make up seven of the top ten highest starting salaries.

Get your chemistry set back out, because chemical engineering was the highest paid major with an average starting salary of $53,813 followed by computer engineering at $52,464 and electrical engineering at $51,888.

The rest of this list, in descending order, is aerospace engineering, systems engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, engineering technology & information sciences and systems.  Whew!  I’m not sure I want to see the word ‘engineering’ for quite a while. 

So, get out there and add another notch to your resume.

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6 Comments »

  1. Thea Said,

    March 20, 2007 @ 12:08 pm

    This might be too broad of a question, but why isn’t Environmental Engineering included in the top degrees amound other engineering disciplines?

  2. Allison Said,

    March 26, 2007 @ 10:21 am

    Dear Thea,

    The off the hip answer I have for you is this, are those type of engineers as highly paid?

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    November 1, 2007 @ 6:52 am

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  4. highest paid college degrees Said,

    May 19, 2008 @ 6:08 am

    [...] to rob the bank next door? Why not consider adding another degree to your educational repertoire.http://www.blavish.com/what-do-you-want-to-make-the-highest-paid-college-degrees/The Most Profitable 4-Year College Degrees — Education-Portal.comStudents searching for The Most [...]

  5. errick Said,

    May 20, 2008 @ 9:14 am

    I approximately MAKE 356,000 DOLARS A YEAR as a Software engineer. So kids go to school and get your degree, it actually pays to start off as an intern.

  6. Matt Said,

    April 10, 2009 @ 3:58 am

    The summer between my junior and senior year as a ChemE at Georgia Tech, I made $54,000/year. ballin!

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