average pay for respondents’ first full-time job out of
college, by major
English
Communications
Psychology
Political Science
Marketing
Business
Biology
Finance
Economics
Accounting
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Engineering
$34,000
$34,000
$35,000
$36,000
$37,000
$38,000
$38,000
$41,000
$42,000
$43,000
$49,000
$50,000
$56,000
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
Note: Survey of about 11,000 respondents conducted between April and June of people who
graduated between 1999 and 2010. Pay includes salary, bonuses, commission and profitsharing, and is adjusted to be in 2010 dollars. Margin of error ranges between 0.5%