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Total number of bachelor’s degrees granted by major: Digest of Education Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
Technology company CEO majors: “Study Finds Most Likely Tech Sector CEO Is Dave the Ivy League Ex-Yahoo Econ Major,” Forbes, September 28, 2012.
Fortune 100 company CEO majors: “The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs,” Curran Career Consulting, January 2011.
Percent of Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants or their children: “The ‘New American’ Fortune 500,” Partnership For a New American Economy, June 2011.
Average percentage of income spent on various categories: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Median salaries for economics jobs: Payscale.com