A new study is out revealing which college degrees generate the lowest and highest paying careers.   This all published by MoneyWatch today.  Are you ready?

 

College Degrees Starting Salary Mid-career median salary

1. Social Work $33,400 $41,600
2. Elementary Education $33,000 $42,400
3. Theology $34,800 $51,500
4. Music $34,000 $52,000
5. Spanish $35,600 $52,600
6. Horticulture $37,200 $53,400
7. Education $36,200 $54,100
8. Hospitality/Tourism $37,000 $54,300
9. Fine Arts $35,800 $56,300
10. Drama $35,600 $56,600

 

Surprisingly an undergraduate degree in business administration didn’t even break the top ten or twenty most lucrative.  According to PayScale, Inc., a variety of engineering majors claim EIGHT out of the top TEN salary spots and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING with a starting salary of $65,700 wins “best of show” for starting salaries this year.

Out of 75 undergrad college majors, business administration ($42,900) came in 35th, behind such degrees as occupational therapy ($61,300) and information technology ($49,400).

For more detailed data…go to Payscale.com

http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp

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Filed under: Economy, Education, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Nov 14, 2011