NACE Salary Survey
This is a brief chart with average salaries form select majors from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Summer 2009 Salary Survey.


Discipline

Average Salary

 

Number of Offers

 

Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering

$56,311

 

233

Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering

$54,158

 

45

Biological Sciences/Life Sciences

$33,254

 

150

Business Administration/Management

$44,944

 

936

Chemical Engineering

$64,902

 

362

Civil Engineering

$52,048

 

392

Computer Engineering

$61,738

 

180

Computer Science

$61,407

 

354

Economics (Business/Managerial)

$49,829

 

155

Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering

$60,125

 

470

English Language & Literature/Letters

$34,704

 

81

History

$37,861

 

75

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

$58,358

 

209

Information Science & Systems

$52,089

 

90

Management Information Systems/Business Data Processing

$50,275

 

155

Marketing/Marketing Mgmt. (incl. mktg. research)

$43,325

 

563

Mathematics (incl. statistics)

$47,807

 

72

Mechanical Engineering

$58,766

 

819

Psychology

$34,284

 

167

Source: the Summer 2009 Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers, copyright holder.