The number crunchers at FiveThirtyEight have a good article on the relationship between college major and starting salary. As you might guess, STEM jobs pay well, so do a number of the business school majors, plus computer science/management information systems.
If you know a young person either about to graduate from high school or in the first year or two of college, you might want to send them the link. Hat tip to Instapundit for the link.
