Like To Play With Rocks? Here's A Major For You!

With energy prices soaring and many oil company employees retiring soon, petroleum-engineering graduates are in demand. Top ranking petroleum-engineering graduates this year can expect starting pay of $80,000 - $110,000 plus signing bonuses and other benefits. Geologists, the people who study rock formations in search of oil, also have seen their starting salaries rise. The average starting salary for a geologist fresh out of school is $81,300 up 48% in five years from $55,000 in 2003.