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The 10 Highest Paying College Majors (For People With Only a Bachelor’s Degree)

This list, compiled by Business Insider, is based solely on people that have received a bachelor's degree and nothing else (sorry doctors, lawyers, and people from ITT Tech). It also accounts for EVERYONE in a major. So while you plan on joining a hedge fund with billions of dollars under management in New York after graduation, remember that some other guy with a finance degree, living in Iowa and working as a bookkeeper for a used car dealership, is destroying Finance's chances of ever making this list. Anyway, here are the 10 highest paying college majors.

10. Statistics

Median Starting Salary: $49,300

Median Mid-career Salary: $99,500


9. Computer Science

Median Starting Salary: $58,400

Median Mid-career Salary: $100,000


8. Applied Mathematics

Median Starting Salary: $50,800

Median Mid-career Salary: $102,000


7. Computer Engineering

Median Starting Salary: $62,700

Median Mid-career Salary: $105,000


6. Electrical Engineering

Median Starting Salary: $63,400

Median Mid-career Salary: $106,000


5. Nuclear Engineering

Median Starting Salary: $66,800

Median Mid-career Salary: $107,000


4. Chemical Engineering

Median Starting Salary: $67,500

Median Mid-career Salary: $111,000


3. Actuarial Mathematics

Median Starting Salary: $56,100

Median Mid-career Salary: $112,000


2. Aerospace Engineering

Median Starting Salary: $62,500

Median Mid-career Salary: $118,000


1. Petroleum Engineering

Median Starting Salary: $98,000

Median Mid-career Salary: $163,000

[H/T Business Insider]

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