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These Are The Highest-Paying College Majors
These Are The Highest-Paying College Majors
College is one of the largest investments many people make, and a student’s field of study can shape its long-term financial return.
Which Majors Earn the Most by Mid-Career?
The chart below, via Visual Capitalist's Srijaa Chatterjee, ranks college majors by median mid-career wage.
Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York compares median wages across dozens of college majors for workers ages 35 to 45.
Engineering and technical disciplines dominate the upper end of the ranking. Alongside the three leading majors, electrical engineering pays a median of $123,000,...
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