average starting salary for college graduates
Average Starting Salary. College graduates with bachelor's degrees had an average starting salary of $48,288 in 2010, according to the fall 2010 salary survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.This compared with an average starting salary of $48,633 for the class of 2009.etroleum engineering was the college major with the highest starting salary, according to the PayScale 2010-11 College Salary Report. Graduates with this bachelor's degree earned a median starting salary of $93,000.
The study comes from MSU's College Employment Research Institute, and charts the average starting salaries for new college graduates in a variety of majors. According to the MSU study, the average starting salary among all new college graduates is $39,045. The lowest average starting salary â advertising â is $36,638.