C.M. Russell, over at Secrets of the Job Hunt, was kind enough to share some starting salaries, by major, of college graduates from the 2006 graduating classes. His information is from membership-based naceweb.org:
$56,269 Chemical Engineering
$53,096 ComputerEngineering
$53,500 Electrical Engineering
$50,744 Computer Science
$51,808 Mechanical Engineering
$47,182 Information Science
$45,391 Management Information Systems
$44,928 Accounting
$41,115 Business Administration
$37,191 Marketing
$32,870 Liberal Arts
$30,369 Psychology

There was a recent AP article discussing the investments that colleges and universities are making into programs designed to help college students choose their majors and stick with them. One of the primary reasons for the increased focus on major commitments is that students with undeclared or undecided majors are more likely to drop out […]