I wrote about it last year when the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) released their findings for the average salary of all 2010 grads… and its about time we get a new survey. This year’s average salary offer survey was just released by NACE with the average for 2011 grads up 5.9% over the class of 2010!
Hit the jump for even more numbers and which Bachelor’s Degrees got the best starting salaries (HINT: its an engineering degree)
Thats right – as a matter of fact, all of the top earning bachelor’s degrees are engineering degrees, again.
Majors for 2010-2011 bachelor’s degree graduates with the best salary offers:
| Curriculum | Average salary offer |
| Chemical engineering | $66,886 |
| Computer science | $63,017 |
| Mechanical engineering | $60,739 |
| Electrical/electronics and communications engineering | $60,646 |
| Computer engineering | $60,112 |
| Industrial/manufacturing engineering | $58,549 |
| Systems engineering | $57,497 |
| Engineering technology | $57,176 |
| Information sciences and systems | $56,868 |
| Business systems networking/telecommunications | $56,808 |
Check out the MarketWatch article for more information.
I guess it pays to study for an engineering degree.
Engineering degrees are in high demand all over the world,especially here in the UK oil industry where chemical engineers are paid at least twice what is quoted above.
Great to have this info – as a benchmark….but as we all know….every salary fluctuates in realtion to three factors:
1. The state of the economy.
2. How badly they want you.
3. How badly you want them