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Those who are graduating in the spring and land a job will see average starting salary offers fall 1.7% from last year to $47,673, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers<\/strong>\u0092 spring salary survey<\/a>. The survey is based on data from college and university career services offices for students graduating with bachelors degrees.<\/p>\n
To be sure, that average salary doesn\u0092t apply to all types of graduates. Depending on their career path, some are much better — and much worse — off than others.<\/p>\n
Those with computer-related degrees are expected to see one of the largest increases in offers — rising to $58,746, on average, 5.8%, higher than a year earlier. For computer-science majors, offers are 4.7% higher for an average salary of $60,426.<\/p>\n
Engineering graduates are also better off than last year, led by salary increases for electrical, chemical and civil engineers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, as Wall Street continues to gain strength, starting salaries rose for finance majors to $50,546, up 1.6% from last year. Offers for accounting majors are up slightly as well.<\/p>\n
Those with liberal arts degrees are among the worst off. Their average salaries have fallen 8.9% from last year to $33,540. But graduates with business administration and management and marketing degrees are in a tough spot too. Salary offers for business administration and management grads are down 8% to $42,094. And offers for marketing graduates fell 2.1% to $42,710.<\/p>\n
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