College graduate starting salaries are at an all-time high despite the global pandemic, according to a recent report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Overall, the average starting salary for the college class of 2020 was $55,260, 2 percent higher than the starting salary of $53,889 for the class of 2019, according to the report. NACE’s Summer 2021 Salary Survey (pdf) shows that the new average is 2.5 percent above the 2019 average, a gain of 8.5 percent from the class of 2018’s final average starting salary of $50,944. Technical majors were the highest paid among class of 2020 graduates earning bachelor’s degrees, with the list of the 10 majors with the highest average starting salary being dominated by those in technical areas. Petroleum engineering came out on top with an average starting salary of $87,989, followed by computer programming at $86,098, computer engineering at $85,996, computer science with $85,766, and electrical, electronics, and communications engineering at $80,819. …