And the winner is.........ENGINEERING!
The National Association of Colleges and Employers released their salary survey for the class of 2012 and the results are not surprising - Engineering tops the list of salaries but Teaching showed the greatest increase over 2012 (the two categories where NMSI focuses)
- Engineering - $61,913 up 3.9%
- Computer Science - $59,221 up 3.8%
- Business - $53,000 up 4.2%
- Health Sciences - $49,196 up 3.9%
- Communications - $43,717 up 4.1%
- Math and Sciences - $42,471 up 2.7%
- Education - $40,668 up 5.4%
- Humanities and Social Science - $36,998 up 2.0%
The absolute highest starting salaries go to mining, quarrying, and oil and gas mechanical engineering graduates who pulled in an average of $77,500 and the largest increase went to aerospace with 8.3% bringing it to $64,000.
The high paying jobs for the class of 2012 are Financial Manager ($75K), software developers ($73K) and aerospace engineering ($71K).
I will say we are a little disappointed in the sciences and mathematics fields but there was a pretty wide span from a minimum of $33K to a maximum of $51K.
Bottom line is that engineering is still a path to a great career with outstanding earnings so that you can actually live on your own and not in your parent's basement. |