By Unigo
Good news for engineering majors; statistics say you’ll probably be out-earning your peers when you graduate. Based on data analysis from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Forbes has compiled a list of the top 10 highest- and lowest-earning majors.
Highest-earning majors:
- Petroleum engineering – $136,000
- Pharmaceutical sciences and administration – $136,000
- Metallurgical engineering – $98,000
- Mining and mineral engineering – $97,000
- Chemical engineering – $96,000
- Electric engineering – $93,000
- Aerospace engineering – $90,000
- Mechanical engineering – $87,000
- Computer engineering – $87,000
- Geological and geophysical engineering – $87,000
Lowest-earning majors:
- Early childhood education – $39,000
- Human services and community organization – $41,000
- Studio arts – $42,000
- Social work – $42,000
- Teacher education – $42,000
- Visual and performing arts – $42,000
- Theology and religious vocations – $43,000
- Elementary education – $43,000
- Drama and theater arts – $45,000
- Family and consumer sciences – $45,000
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