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• Position: Stateline - Brief article

A student's college major can make a big difference in his or her financial life, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey. For those with bachelor's degrees, engineering majors earn $1.6 million more over the span of a career than education majors. Engineering majors earned on average $92,000 annually in 2011, compared to $55,000 or less earned by those who majored in the visual and performing arts...