The 8 college majors with the highest starting salaries

What you major in can have a big impact on your earning potential.

Legacy Online School, a K-12 online school, combed through data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers to see which degrees yield the highest starting salaries for recent graduates.

Unsurprisingly, it found that STEM majors tend to make the most right out of college.

Check out which 8 majors have the highest mean starting salaries.

#8: Military Technology

Military technology majors net a mean starting salary of $66,505.

#7: Business

Business majors net a mean starting salary of $66,578.

#6: Transportation

Transportation majors net a mean starting salary of $67,496.

#5: Engineering Technology

Engineering Technology majors net a mean starting salary of $69,162.

#4: Math

Math majors net a mean starting salary of $79,859.

#3: Engineering

Engineering majors net a mean starting salary of $80,085.

#2: Maintenance & Repair

Maintenance & Repair majors net a mean starting salary of $90,162.

#1: Computer & Information Science

Computer & Information Science majors net a mean starting salary of $91,411.