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Highest-Paid Bachelor’s Degrees: 2010

By: CNBC.com | 12 Feb 2010 | 02:32 PM ET
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If you're looking to pull in a big paycheck right out of college, take a look at these ten jobs with the highest starting salaries. Overall, the average salary offered to 2010 graduates is $48,351—down 2 percent from the 2009 average of $49,353. Here are the degrees that garner the highest salary offers, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Source: NACEUpdated: Feb. 12, 2010

10. Information Sciences & Systems
Average starting salary: $54,038

9. Aerospace/Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering
Average starting salary: $57,231

8. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
Average starting salary: $57,734

7. Mechanical Engineering
Average starting salary: $58,392

6. Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering
Average starting salary: $59,074

5. Computer Engineering
Average starting salary: $60,879

4. Computer Science
Average starting salary: $61,205

3. Mining & Mineral Engineering (incl. Geological)
Average starting salary: $64,552

2. Chemical Engineering
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Average starting salary: $65,142

1. Petroleum Engineering
Average starting salary: $86,220

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