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Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degrees: 2009
| 26 Feb 2009 | 10:18 AM ET
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If you're looking to pull in a big paycheck right out of college, take a look at these 15 jobs with the highest starting salaries. Overall, the average salary offered to 2009 graduates was slightly under at $49,307—a little less than the 2008 average of $49,693. Here are the degrees that garnered the highest salary offers, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.Updated Sept. 2, 2009»Slideshow: Colleges With the Highest Paid Graduates»Slideshow: Degrees in Most Demand

15. Civil Engineering
Average starting salary: $52,048

14. Information Sciences & Systems
Average starting salary: $52,089

13. Construction Science/Management
Average starting salary: $53,199

12. Aerospace/Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering
Average starting salary: $56,311

11. Engineering Technology
Average starting salary: $56,447

10. Systems Engineering
Average starting salary: $57,438

9. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
Average starting salary: $58,358

8. Mechanical Engineering
Average starting salary: $58,766

7. Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering
Average starting salary: $60,125

6. Computer Science
Average starting salary: $61,407

5. Computer Engineering
Average starting salary: $61,738

4. Mining & Mineral Engineering (incl. Geological)
Average starting salary: $64,404

3. Chemical Engineering
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Average starting salary: $64,902

2. Petroleum Engineering
Average starting salary: $83,121

1. Pharmacy
Average starting salary: $111,782»Replay Slideshow»Slideshow: Colleges With the Highest Paid Graduates»Slideshow: Degrees in Most Demand

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