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A: As of 2014, the average starting salary for someone with a finance degree is $57,300. This figure makes a finance degree the eighth most valuable college degree and the only one associated with high entry level pay rates not in a tech field.
The list emphasizes the robust demand for graduates with technical degrees. In fact the only top-paying major that isnât in some technical category is finance, no. 8, which pays an average starting salary of $57,300. All of the majors listed are for bachelorâs degree graduates who finished school in 2012.