The graph titled "Best and Worst Median Starting Salaries
Ranked by College Major" is mislabelled.
Looking at the source material[1], the table it's based on is titled, "[TABLE] 12: TOP 10 MAJORS WITH THE HIGHEST MEDIAN EARNINGS" and is data on "Full-time, full-year workers with a terminal Bachelor’s."
Looking at the source material[1], the table it's based on is titled, "[TABLE] 12: TOP 10 MAJORS WITH THE HIGHEST MEDIAN EARNINGS" and is data on "Full-time, full-year workers with a terminal Bachelor’s."
So it's not about starting salaries at all.
[1]http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/whatsitwor...