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Salary potential isn't necessarily the most important consideration to make when deciding on a college major — but it's certainly important to think about when you're pondering your future.
PayScale recently looked at salary data from this year's College Salary Report and highlighted the majors with the greatest salary potential over a lifetime.
Here are the 15 college majors that see the highest salaries for workers with 20 or more years of experience, as well as common jobs associated with each major.
Common jobs:Senior software engineer, software developer, senior systems engineer
Late-career median pay:$121,000
7. (Tie) Aerospace engineering
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40/41 flight engineer, gets help donning a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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Common jobs:Aerospace engineer, senior systems engineer, senior mechanical engineer
Late-career median pay:$122,000
7. (Tie) Computer science and engineering
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Common jobs:Senior software engineer, software developer, software architect
Late-career median pay:$122,000
7. (Tie) Electronics and communications engineering
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Common jobs:Senior software engineer, software developer, IT project manager
