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Forbes has an article about which majors pay a lot:
http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/18/college-majors-lucrative-lead-cx_kb_0618majors.html

Economics does extremely well, coming in at number two. (See the link "In Pictures: Most Lucrative College Majors.")

Economics is the most popular major at Harvard and some of the other elite liberal arts schools. It is not even offered at many low-ranked schools. The results may reflect the quality of students who choose to enter the field more than anything else.