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Expected starting Increase College majors salary range (1998-99) vs. last year All technical $33,500-38,100 1.6% All liberal arts 27,800-33,200 4.5 All sciences 37,300-39,100 5.4 All humanities/social sciences 24,100-27,600 4.2

Business Accounting 31,000-32,500 2.0 Business Administration 29,300-32,800 4.5 Finance 29,700-33,300 3.8 Marketing 29,100-32,600 5.4 Logistics/Supply Chain Mgt. 32,200-35,400 3.9 Hospitality 26,300-30,800 4.4

Engineering Civil 34,800-36,400 3.0 Chemical 44,000-46,400 4.3 Computer 40,500-44,200 3.3 Electrical 40,400-43,900 2.5 Engineering Tech. 37,500-40,800 1.5 Industrial 38,400-42,000 2.8 Mechanical 41,600-44,400 3.6

Computer Science Programming 37,000-40,600 3.6 Management Info. Systems 36,800-39,700 4.9 Information Sciences 39,800-42,700 5.4

Communication/telecomm 28,100-30,900 7.6

Human resources 28,500-33,750 1.0

Construction 29,800-32,800 0.5

Allied health 38,050-39,800 4.1

Agriculture 25,600-29,400 6.8

Average of all reported 33,900-37,200 4.1