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A: As of 2014, the average starting salary for someone with a finance degree is $57,300. This figure makes a finance degree the eighth most valuable college degree and the only one associated with high entry level pay rates not in a tech field.
A master's degree in finance commands an even higher starting salary than a bachelor's. According to NACE, those graduating with a master's in finance earned an average of $73,000 per year to start in 2012. The median-earning half of graduates with a master's in finance made between $58,600 and $83,900 out of the gate. Financial managers in the finance and insurance industry who held a master's degree in finance reported an average starting salary of $85,600 per year. Accountants and auditors with a master's in finance started out at $65,100 per year, on average.