Find out which Bachelor Degrees have the highest salaries

It's not a surprise that Engineering, Geophysics, Medicine, and Computer Sciences/Engineering makes the top ten for the most highly compensated salaries for new college graduates. However, International Business and Finance, Industrial Distribution, Public Accounting, Physics & Mathematics are not that far behind. If you are looking to be well compensated, look to the sciences/medical, engineering, computer technology and accounting majors to give yourself a head start on making top dollar for your expertise. Check out the top 20 careers with salaries.

	Major	Degree Type	Early Career Pay	Mid-Career Pay	% High Meaning
1	Petroleum Engineering	Bachelor's	$94,600	$175,500	65%	Petroleum Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $94,600 Mid-Career Pay $175,500 % High Meaning 65%
2	Actuarial Mathematics	Bachelor's	$56,400	$131,700	49%	Actuarial Mathematics Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $56,400 Mid-Career Pay $131,700 % High Meaning 49%
3	Actuarial Science	Bachelor's	$61,200	$130,800	43%	Actuarial Science Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $61,200 Mid-Career Pay $130,800 % High Meaning 43%
4	Nuclear Engineering	Bachelor's	$69,000	$127,500	72%	Nuclear Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $69,000 Mid-Career Pay $127,500 % High Meaning 72%
5	Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's	$70,300	$124,500	57%	Chemical Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $70,300 Mid-Career Pay $124,500 % High Meaning 57%
6	Marine Engineering	Bachelor's	$73,900	$123,200	68%	Marine Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $73,900 Mid-Career Pay $123,200 % High Meaning 68%
7	Economics and Mathematics	Bachelor's	$60,000	$122,900	36%	Economics and Mathematics Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $60,000 Mid-Career Pay $122,900 % High Meaning 36%
8	Geophysics	Bachelor's	$54,100	$122,200	N/A	Geophysics Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $54,100 Mid-Career Pay $122,200 % High Meaning N/A
9	Cognitive Science	Bachelor's	$54,000	$121,900	40%	Cognitive Science Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $54,000 Mid-Career Pay $121,900 % High Meaning 40%
10	Electrical Power Engineering	Bachelor's	$68,600	$119,100	70%	Electrical Power Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $68,600 Mid-Career Pay $119,100 % High Meaning 70%
11 (tie)	Aeronautical Engineering	Bachelor's	$65,300	$118,800	61%	(tie) Aeronautical Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $65,300 Mid-Career Pay $118,800 % High Meaning 61%
11 (tie)	Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)	Bachelor's	$69,000	$118,800	51%	(tie) Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $69,000 Mid-Career Pay $118,800 % High Meaning 51%
13	Computer Systems Engineering	Bachelor's	$72,000	$118,000	N/A	Computer Systems Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $72,000 Mid-Career Pay $118,000 % High Meaning N/A
14 (tie)	Bioengineering (BioE)	Bachelor's	$61,600	$116,800	68%	(tie) Bioengineering (BioE) Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $61,600 Mid-Career Pay $116,800 % High Meaning 68%
14 (tie)	Computer Science (CS) & Engineering	Bachelor's	$70,900	$116,800	42%	(tie) Computer Science (CS) & Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $70,900 Mid-Career Pay $116,800 % High Meaning 42%
16	Computer Engineering (CE)	Bachelor's	$70,300	$116,000	45%	Computer Engineering (CE) Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $70,300 Mid-Career Pay $116,000 % High Meaning 45%
17	Electrical Engineering (EE)	Bachelor's	$67,800	$114,800	53%	Electrical Engineering (EE) Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $67,800 Mid-Career Pay $114,800 % High Meaning 53%
18 (tie)	Computer Science (CS) & Mathematics	Bachelor's	$62,800	$114,400	39%	(tie) Computer Science (CS) & Mathematics Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $62,800 Mid-Career Pay $114,400 % High Meaning 39%
18 (tie)	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Bachelor's	$65,700	$114,400	48%	(tie) Industrial & Systems Engineering Degree Type Bachelor's Early Career Pay $65,700 Mid-Career Pay $114,400 % High Meaning 48%
20	Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering