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Top 20 bachelor's degrees in the United States by mid-career pay 2017/18

Highest paying bachelor's degrees in the U.S. in 2017/18, by mid-career salary (in USD)

The data displays the list of bachelor's degrees with the highest mid-career salary in the United States in the academic year 2017/18. In 2017/18, petroleum engineering was ranked first with the mid-career salary of 175,500 USD.

Petroleum Engineering 175500
Actuarial Mathematics 131700
Actuarial Science 130800
Nuclear Engineering 127500
Chemical Engineering 124500
Marine Engineering 123200
Economics and Mathematics 122900
Geophysics 122200
Cognitive Science 121900
Electrical Power Engineering 119100
Aeronautical Engineering 118800
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) 118800
Computer Systems Engineering 118000
Bioengineering (BioE) 116800
Computer Science (CS) & Engineering 116800
Computer Engineering (CE) 116000
Electrical Engineering (EE) 114800
Computer Science (CS) & Mathematics 114400
Industrial & Systems Engineering 114400
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering 113800
Industrial Distribution 107000
Mining Engineering 107000