STEM degrees high up on list of highest paying jobs for people with graduate degrees

Payscale has released their 2015/16 College Salary Report which takes a look at the highest paying graduate degrees by salary potential. The report focuses on graduates who have made it into their respective industries and reported back with the kind of money they are getting. The report factors in MBA, non-MBA masters’ degree majors, bachelors’ degree major and associate degree majors, according to the official Payscale website. 

Here were the results of the highest paid positions: 

The fact that engineering factors quite a lot in the report is not surprising as the world continues to rely on the work of engineers. Petroleum engineering seems to be a lucrative career. “No matter what degree level you obtain in petroleum engineering, you’ll probably have an easy time finding a high-paying job. It just depends on how much time you want to spend in school,” Payscale says. 

What are the lowest paying jobs for people with a master’s degree? Payscale also worked that out: 

• Early childhood education ($60,000)
• Library and information science ($57,100)
• Music ($56,900)
• Social Work ($67.900)
• Counseling ($52,300)