Report lists top-paid majors Pharmacy ranks as most lucrative major at Purdue

Megan Finnerty
Asst. Campus Editor

The most lucrative majors for May graduates from Purdue are chemical engineering, pharmacy, computer information systems technology, telecommunications and networking technology and computer science, according to the recently released Center for Career Opportunities Annual Report.

The five highest-paid majors at Purdue range from biological science with an average accepted salary of $46,453 to Pharmacy, the only five-year degree among those surveyed, with an average accepted salary of $64,033.

Such high salaries are caused by supply and demand, said Carol Barrett, executive associate director for the center.

"We are based in a very e—commerce area and a lot of fields in technology are paying very high salaries," she said. "Salaries are, in general, based on supply and demand. For instance, there is not a very large supply of Pharmacy schools in the U.S. and there are not enough pharmacists to fill all the jobs; so, those graduates are in very high demand."

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Timely hitting leads to Purdue victories

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All Purdue softball coach Carol Bruggeman asked Heidi Foster to do in the first game against Ball State Monday was hit the ball deep.

The bases were loaded. It was the bottom of the eighth inning. Neither team had scored through seven previous innings. There was one out after Katie Crabtree failed to follow through on the same directions and popped out to the Cardinals' second baseman.

Foster, however, didn't have any problem driving the ball as she hit it over the outfield fence for the first grand slam of her career. The Boilermakers won the game 4-0.

When she rounded third base, which was where Bruggeman had been standing, Foster asked her if that was deep enough.

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