I just checked out a slideshow on cnbc.com about the highest paid bachelors degrees in 2009, and I must say I am a little surprised about the pole position:

 15. Civil Engineering $52,048

14. Information Sciences & Systems $52,089

13. Construction Science/Management: $53,199

12. Aerospace/Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering: $56,311

11. Engineering Technology: $56,447

10. Systems Engineering: $57,438

9. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering: $58,358

8. Mechanical Engineering: $58,766

7. Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering: $60,125

6. Computer Science: $61,407

5. Computer Engineering: $61,738

4. Mining & Mineral Engineering (incl. Geological): $64,404

3. Chemical Engineering: $64,902

2. Petroleum Engineering: $83,121

1. Pharmacy: $111,782

Pharmacists earn almost twice the amount computer geeks earn when they get out of college? Definitely didn’t expect that, and I am still wondering whether they included illegal drug dealers’ income in the data… And where are alle the business people?

The average salary paid right out of college by the way was a little less than $49,307 , which was a decrease from 2008s $49,693.