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The 10 highest-paying college majors, five years after graduation

By | Mike Winters | www.cnbc.com

If you want to make money pretty soon after college, consider studying engineering.

Within five years of graduation, eight of the top 10 majors with graduates earning the most money are subsets of engineering, according to a recent New York Federal Reserve study. 

Chemical engineering majors take the top spot, as graduates earn a median annual salary of $75,000 shortly after college. In contrast, graduates with the lowest-paying major, theology and religion, make $36,000 within five years of graduation — less than half of what chemical engineers earn.

The only non-engineering majors in the top 10 are computer science, ranked fourth, and business analytics, ranked ninth.

Here’s a look at how much graduates earn early in their careers, by major:

Engineering is a highly technical profession that’s needed in all sorts of major industries, including computer technology, resource extraction, manufacturing and construction. As a STEM occupation — those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — there are more job opportunities available too. STEM jobs are expected to grow twice as fast as non-STEM jobs through 2031.

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