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)

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Release date

September 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

Bachelor's degree holder

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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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