http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/05/pf/college/lucrative_degrees/


Starting Annual Salaries for Ten of PrincetonReview.com's Most-Viewed Majors*

Major

Salary

Electrical Engineering

$51,372

Accounting

$41,110

Economics/Finance

$40,906

Business Administration/Management

$38,188

Marketing

$35,321

Political Science

$32,999

English

$31,169

Biology

$29,750

Psychology

$27,791

Journalism

$27,646

*NACE Summer 2004 Salary Survey

http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/articles/majors/majorsSalaries.asp

http://jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-prof.cfm#Auto

Accounting and Finance Professional’s Salary

Industry Sector

Average Salary

Corporate
39%

$ 67,640

Government
5%

$ 52,298

Non-profit
6%

$ 60,185

Public Accounting
28%

$ 55,012

Private Accounting
12%

$ 59,854

Other
10%

$ 52,032


Salary Information

Starting salaries for selected majors: a five-year comparison

Average starting salaries for bachelor's degree level graduates
in selected majors each academic year from 1999 to 2003

Accounting


2003 — $40,647
2002 — $39,494
2001 — $39,720
2000 — $36,710
1999 — $34,644

Computer Science


2003 — $47,109
2002 — $49,413
2001 — $52,473
2000 — $49,055
1999 — $44,649

Liberal Arts & Sciences/
General Studies

2003 — $30,166
2002 — $28,232
2001 — $32,487
2000 — $27,372
1999 — N/A

Chemical Engineering

2003 — $52,384
2002 — $51,137
2001 — $51,255
2000 — $48,890
1999 — $46,929

Elementary Education

2003 — $29,702
2002 — $29,379
2001 — $29,183
2000 — $26,517
1999 — $26,291

Pharmacist

2003 — $83,642
2002 — $78,941
2001 — $66,533
2000 — $65,018
1999 — $59,375

Source: NACE's Salary Survey.

 http://www2.ic.edu/econ-bus/salaries_by_major.htm


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