The most lucrative college degrees are still largely held by men, a Bankrate study has found.
It found that 78% of those who held the 20-highest paying bachelor's degrees were men, while only 22% were women.
In electrical engineering, 85% of degree holders were men and 15% were women, with the average salary totaling $110,000.
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Although more women have college degrees than men and account for just over half of America's college-educated workforce, 2022 Pew Research Center Data found, they're still lagging behind men when it comes to earnings.
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