Question

complete the text with the best transition.
the impact of college major choice on a student’s lifetime salary earnings is often overstated. the census bureau’s american community survey found that the average starting salary of a new - grad with a degree in history or the social sciences was thirty - seven percent less than the average starting salary for someone who majored in computer science and engineering, but by the time degree - holders reach the age of forty, that salary gap typically vanishes. ____, a degree in the liberal arts might be less lucrative than a stem degree in the short term, but the difference disappears in the long run.
to put it differently
regardless
more importantly

Explanation:

The sentence before the blank presents data about starting salary gaps closing over time, while the sentence after introduces a contrast between short-term and long-term salary outcomes for liberal arts vs STEM degrees. "To put it differently" rephrases and connects the prior salary gap data to the new framing of short/long-term differences, making it the most logical transition.

Answer:

To put it differently