Average Yearly Starting Salary Offers in 2012-2013 for Bachelor's Degree Candidates
Notice that math majors earn very high salaries compared to most other majors,
and that all high-salary majors involve a significant amount of mathematics!
Major Area of Study
Average Starting Salaries ($'s)
Sciences
Applied Mathematics
50,800
Actuarial Mathematics
56,100
Biology
39,100
Chemistry
44,700
Computer Science
58,400
Environmental Science
39.800
Mathematics
48,500
Physics
51,200
Humanities & Social Sciences
Anthropology
36,000
Communications
38,900
English
38,100
Education / Liberal Studies
37,200
History
39,000
Music
34,600
Philosophy
38,300
Political Science
40,300
Psychology
35,200
Sociology
36,000
Business & Economics
Accounting
44,300
Business Administration
41,400
Economics
48,500
Finance
47,700
Marketing
40,700
Engineering
Electrical
63,400
Industrial
59,900
Mechanical
60,100
Data obtained from www.payscale.com's
College Salary Report