The increases in average starting salaries from those paid in 2011 for these three majors ranged from 3.6 This is good news for liberal arts majors and follows the general trend over the past two years of increasing starting salaries for new college graduates,” Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director, said in a media release. Percent.

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