College Degrees that Pay the Most in 2010

A recent study shows what most of you already know and have been working so hard to achieve: the college degrees that lead to the best paying jobs are in the engineering and science fields. This chart from Payscale.com shows the top ten degrees by starting and mid-career salaries.

If you read the whole study (here) you'll see 17 of the top 20 majors are in STEM (all but Economics, Statistics, Finance).

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