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BACHELOR'S DEGREE91

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

178 reporting programs

$65,097median earnings · year 4

DOCTORAL DEGREE92

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

178 reporting programs

$82,669median earnings · year 4

MASTER'S DEGREE93

Human Resources Management and Services

178 reporting programs

$81,091median earnings · year 4

FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE94

Law

176 reporting programs

$97,854median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE95

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication

165 reporting programs

$49,359median earnings · year 4

MASTER'S DEGREE96

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

165 reporting programs

$60,645median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE97

Information Science/Studies

162 reporting programs

$83,331median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE98

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

162 reporting programs

$44,232median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE99

Chemical Engineering

159 reporting programs

$96,798median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE100

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

153 reporting programs

$47,141median earnings · year 4

DOCTORAL DEGREE101

Educational Administration and Supervision

151 reporting programs

$101,194median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE102

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

151 reporting programs

$60,453median earnings · year 4

FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE103

Medicine

148 reporting programs

$106,469median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE104

Hospitality Administration/Management

145 reporting programs

$55,790median earnings · year 4

ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE105

Computer and Information Sciences, General

142 reporting programs

$54,238median earnings · year 4

ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE106

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

139 reporting programs

$43,115median earnings · year 4

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA107

Business Administration, Management and Operations

137 reporting programs

$49,328median earnings · year 4

ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE108

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

135 reporting programs

$56,486median earnings · year 4

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA109

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

135 reporting programs

$32,277median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE110

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

134 reporting programs

$84,096median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE111

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

131 reporting programs

$94,136median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE112

Geography and Cartography

130 reporting programs

$57,751median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE113

Physics

129 reporting programs

$78,216median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE114

International Relations and National Security Studies

128 reporting programs

$66,308median earnings · year 4

DOCTORAL DEGREE115

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

127 reporting programs

$135,560median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE116

Criminology

126 reporting programs

$55,621median earnings · year 4

ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE117

Psychology, General

124 reporting programs

$38,612median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE118

Philosophy

123 reporting programs

$56,849median earnings · year 4

ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE119

Legal Support Services

121 reporting programs

$45,714median earnings · year 4

BACHELOR'S DEGREE120

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

120 reporting programs

$51,565median earnings · year 4