This list, compiled by Payscale, reveals the top undergraduate degrees that lead to high salaries, based on starting median salary and mid-career median salary of employees who possess a bachelor's degree and no higher degree. Here are the top 10:

• 1. Petroleum Engineering
  Starting: $101,000
  Mid-career: $168,000


• 2. Nuclear Engineering
  Starting: $68,200
  Mid-career: $121,000


• 3. Actuarial Mathematics
  Starting: $58,800
  Mid-career: $119,000


• 4. Chemical Engineering
  Starting: $69,500
  Mid-career: $118,000


• 5. Electronics & Communications Engineering
  Starting: $65,000
  Mid-career: $116,000


• 6. Computer Science & Engineering
  Starting: $69,100
  Mid-career: $115,000


• 7. Electrical & Computer Engineering
  Starting: $67,000
  Mid-career: $114,000
(tied with)

• 7. Systems Engineering
  Starting: $67,100
  Mid-career: $114,000


• 9. Aeronautical Engineering
  Starting: $65,100
  Mid-career: $113,000


• 10. Computer Engineering
  Starting: $68,400
  Mid-career: $109,000
(tied with)

• 10. Mining Engineering
  Starting: $71,500
  Mid-career: $109,000

Source: Payscale