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Wall Street professionals come from a variety of college degrees and majors, but there is one degree that's more lucrative than any other.
Executive MBA- and MBA-holders earn the most money of all finance professionals, according to Emolument, a salary benchmarking website that collects self-reported pay data.
Emolument gathered data on 840 finance professionals in New York at the analyst, associate, vice president, and director level, and looked at which degrees the earn them the most money.
Respondents come from a number of firms, including Citigroup, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as well as smaller banks, asset managers, and hedge funds. They are all front-office professionals, and two-thirds work at banks, while one-third works the buy-side.
Of course, it shouldn't come as a surprise that MBA-holders earn the most money. Executive MBAs and MBAs come in on top largely because Wall Streeters typically take those programs later in their
Still, the data helps shed some light on how much Wall Streeters earn at various stages of their career based on their college degree.
Here's a look at the most lucrative degrees on Wall Street at every professional level.