Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Undergraduate Degree By Salary: Geologists Not Doing Too Badly

PayScale College Salary Report has published a list of best undergraduate college degree by salary for the United States. Undergraduates who go on to earn a Master's or a PhD are not included in this survey.

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Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more.

Among the pure sciences, physics, statistics, math and biochemistry are ranked higher but geology comes next with a starting median salary of $ 45,100 and a mid career median salary of $ 84,200.

See the full list here and the methodology here. Tip: Greg Mankiw

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