Highest paying bachelor's degrees in the U.S. 2021/22, by mid-career pay

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Veera Korhonen,
Jul 5, 2024
This statistic shows the leading bachelor's degrees with the highest mid-career salary in the U.S. in the academic year 2020/21. In 2020/21, petroleum engineering was ranked first with the mid-career salary of 182,000 U.S. dollars.

Highest paying bachelor's degrees in the United States in 2021/22, by mid-career salary (in U.S. dollars)

Bachelor's degreeMid-career pay in U.S. dollars
Petroleum Engineering 187,300
Operations Research & Industrial Engineering 170,400
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) 159,300
Interaction Design 155,800
Public Accounting 147,700
Operations Research 147,700
Applied Economics and Management 146,400
Business Computing (BC) 143,600
Actuarial Mathematics 143,400
Electrical Power Engineering 142,600
Information & Computer Science 140,900
Aeronautics & Astronautics 139,600
Systems Engineering 139,200
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Bachelor's degreeMid-career pay in U.S. dollars187,300187,300170,400170,400159,300159,300155,800155,800147,700147,700147,700147,700146,400146,400143,600143,600143,400143,400142,600142,600140,900140,900139,600139,600139,200139,200139,000139,000138,700138,700136,600136,600135,900135,900135,900135,900135,200135,200134,400134,400Petroleum EngineeringOperations Research & Industrial EngineeringElectrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)Interaction DesignPublic AccountingOperations ResearchApplied Economics and ManagementBusiness Computing (BC)Actuarial MathematicsElectrical Power EngineeringInformation & Computer ScienceAeronautics & AstronauticsSystems EngineeringEconometricsPharmacyAerospace StudiesChemical EngineeringBuilding ScienceCognitive ScienceActuarial Science
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September 2021

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2021

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Mid-career salary is defined as the median salary for alumni with 10 or more years of work experience.

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