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Mid-career college graduates with one of 14 majors are earning at least $100,000 a year, per a New York Fed analysis.
  • The New York Fed analyzed the mid-career wages of college graduates with a bachelor's degree.
  • Those graduates aged 35 to 45 with one of 14 majors had a median wage of at least $100,000 a year. 
  • Nine of those 14 college majors were related to engineering.

When undergraduate college students choose their majors, there can be several factors that go into their decisions.