The 8 college majors with the highest starting salaries

Date:

January 7, 2025

What you major in can have a big impact on your earning potential.

Legacy Online School, a K12 online school, combed through data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers to see which degrees yield the highest starting salaries for recent graduates.

Unsurprisingly, it found that STEM majors tend to make the most right out of college. Check out which 8 majors have the highest mean starting salaries.

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The 8 college majors with the highest starting salaries

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