College seniors who are majoring in marketing should see their average salaries increase by a whopping 14 percent to $41,323. Graduates in other business disciplines saw more modest increases and decreases, including a 1.8 percent decrease to $43,294 for logistics/materials management majors and a 9.2 percent increase to $43,523 for business administration majors.

Accounting is still hot thanks in large part to the Sarbanes-Oxley securities regulation legislation but accounting majors should see average salary increases of just 1.7 percent to $46,508. Accounting graduates are, however, the most in demand by employers and those who accept offers from accounting services employers should see average salaries of $47,728.

Economics majors should see average salaries of $51,631. Finance majors should see average salaries of $47,905. In past years, these were tracked together so no average increase is available.

Computer science majors are looking at two percent increases to $51,070, which those in software design and development coming in even higher at $53,989.

Chemical engineering graduates have big smiles on their faces as their average offers are expected to increase by 7.4 percent to $60,054. Civil engineers are also happy, although not as quite as their chemical engineering brethren. Civil engineers should see increases of 4.8 percent to $47,145. Electrical engineers should see 3.2 percent increases to $54,599. Mechanical engineers should see a 7.7 percent increase to $54,587.

Liberal arts graduates may be disappointed with an expected decrease of 1.1 percent after last year's 6.1 percent increase.

Source: NACE