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Top 20 graduate degrees in the United States by mid-career pay 2016/17

Highest paying graduate degrees in the U.S. in 2016/17, by mid-career salary (in USD)

The data displays the list of graduate degrees with the highest mid-career salary in the United States in the academic year 2016/17. In 2016/17, petroleum engineering was ranked first with the mid-career salary of 172,000 USD.

Nurse Anesthesia (Master's) 156000
Strategy (MBA) 149000
Chemical Engineering (PhD) 146000
General & Strategic Management (MBA) 146000
Organic Chemistry (PhD) 146000
Computer Science (CS) (PhD) 145000
Electrical Engineering (EE) (PhD) 144000
Pharmacology (PhD) 141000
Entrepreneurship (MBA) 139000
Corporate Finance (MBA) 138000
Physical Chemistry (PhD) 138000
Engineering (PhD) 137000
Finance & Economics (MBA) 137000
Physics (PhD) 135000
Computer Science (CS) & Engineering (Master's) 134000
Biomedical Engineering (BME) (PhD) 133000
Statistics (PhD) 131000
Finance (MBA) 130000
Operations Research (Master's) 130000
Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) (Master's) 129000
Taxation (Master's) 129000