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Which Tech Degrees Pay the Most From Day One?
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Network World recently interviewed colleges and professors from various technology disciplines about industry demand for their graduates, and found that the more challenging the tech-oriented major, the more job opportunities there are available to new graduates, as well as higher starting salaries.
The study found that students who take more math, science, and engineering courses in college tend to earn higher salaries upon graduation. Information technology graduates received an average starting salary of $48,900, while information systems majors have an average starting salary of $50,900. "Our folks figure out how to deploy operating systems, while computer science majors write the operating systems," says the Illinois Institute of Technology's (IIT) Ray Trygstad. Computer science graduates received an average starting salary of $58,400, while software engineering majors received an average starting salary of $59,100. "Computer science is hot again, not just for geeky students but also for really talented math, engineering, and science students," says IIT's Matthew Bauer.
Meanwhile, computer engineering graduates received an average starting salary of $62,700. "The very best job offers are going to the computer engineers," says University of Delaware professor Charlie Boncelet. "They have the ability to do both circuit design and programming, which makes them more desirable."
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