Looking for a college major that pays and has good job prospects? Think engineering.
Engineering students got four of the five best-paying offers in the National Association of Colleges and Employers Spring Salary Survey for the Class of 2011.
The top-paying major? Chemical engineering whose majors received an average salary offer of $66,886. The average was based on 10 or more job offers for students graduating with bachelor’s degrees.
Among the top 10, computer science, information sciences and business systems networking were the other best-paying non-engineering majors.
“That four of the top five top-paid majors are engineering and all received average starting salary offers in excess of $60,000 strongly indicates the continued high demand for these graduates,” says Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director. “Furthermore, the entire top-10 list underscores the interest employers have in hiring technical majors.”
In terms of the jobs with the most offers, private accounting led the list in NACE’s Winter 2011 Salary Survey released in February. The private accounting offers paid an average $50,708 among students who received an average 20 offers.
Consulting was second, with an average offer of $49,933, and accounting for government employers was third at $45,395.
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