Today's college students have super high expectations when it comes to starting salaries, per CNBC, which cites a recent online survey by Real Estate Witch. The 1,000 undergrads it surveyed expect to rake in $103,880 to start. The reality looks pretty different: That figure is about $50,000 more than what the average starting salary for the class of 2022 is expected to be. Then again, majors matter. Starting salaries for computer sciences and engineering hover around $75,000 (and their expectations were closer, at $95,000), whereas humanities majors will pull in around $50,000. READ MORE