The 50 Highest-Paying College Majors for 2019

College students have a lot on their plate when deciding what career path to take. Plus, with recent graduates shouldering an average student loan debt of $29,800 each, the pressure to find high-paying jobs is high. According to CNN Money, the average salary for the class of 2018 in the United States was just barely over $50,000. However, this is just a broad estimate for all majors. Career site Zippia created a list of the 50 highest paying majors for 2019, as well as an average of how much graduates with each of these degrees can hope to make annually.

Zippia used microdata samples from the American Community Survey to find average annual incomes by major, and narrowed their research to employees aged 29 to 31 who had been working for a full year. This allowed the grads a couple of years to settle into their field and not have to report entry-level salaries. With that, they were able to come up with a list of the highest-paid versus the lowest-paid majors.

The majority of highest paying majors have one thing in common: science. It is no surprise that out of the top 10 of the majors, seven of them are science-based, including petroleum engineering ($169,680), engineering mechanics ($90,085), and geoscience ($89,799). However, just because many science majors bring in higher paychecks, that does not mean all of them will: among the lowest paying majors, Zippia found the average salary for educational psychology, library science, and social psychology majors hovers around $30,000.

Below is the complete list of the top 50 highest paying college majors of 2019:

1. Petroleum Engineering // $169,680
2. Applied Mathematics // $95,351
3. Engineering Mechanics // $90,085
4. Geosciences // $89,799
5. Actuarial Science // $84,104
6. Mining Engineering // $83,754
7. Economics // $82,560
8. Business Economics // $80,048
9. Chemical Engineering // $79,086
10. Materials Science // $78,883
11. Aerospace Engineering // $78,544
12. Computer Engineering // $78,114
13. Computer Science // $77,699
14. Industrial Engineering // $77,684
15. Biological Engineering // $77,331
16. Finance // $77,251
17. Electrical Engineering // $77,219
18. Public Policy // $76,207
19. Mechanical Engineering // $76,019
20. Engineering Management // $73,780
21. Nuclear Engineering // $73,157
22. Engineering // $72,996
23. Biomedical Engineering // $71,902
24. Mathematics // $71,024
25. Information Sciences // $71,004
26. General Engineering // $70,301
27. Electrical Engineering // $70,115
28. Engineering Technology // $69,606
29. Management Info // $68,957
30. Construction Services // $67,989
31. Food Science // $67,888
32. Molecular Biology // $67,757
33. Statistics Science // $67,757
34. Pharmacology // $67,307
35. Civil Engineering // $67,161
36. Miscellaneous Business Administration // $66,390
37. Environmental Engineering // $65,893
38. Materials Engineering // $65,717
39. Agricultural Engineering // $65,490
40. Transportation Sciences // $65,050
41. International Business // $64,792
42. Architectural Engineering // $64,358
43. Operations Logistics // $63,015
44. Mechanical Engineering // $62,957
45. Political Science // $62,631
46. Computer Systems // $62,486
47. Marketing Research // $62,413
48. Accounting // $62,272
49. Physics // $62,192
50. Engineering Tech // $61,819

[h/t Zippia]