OBSERVED EARNINGS · LIKE-FOR-LIKE CATEGORIES

Highest-paying majors

National median earnings four years after completion, keeping field and credential level visible.

Field familyAll fields STEM & Computing Health & Clinical Business & Management Social & Behavioral Sciences Education Arts, Media & Humanities Law & Public Service Trades & Applied Fields

Degree levelAll credentials Associate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate

All fields100 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

1Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesGraduate/Professional Certificate · 13 programs$221,809 2Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesMaster's Degree · 12 programs$201,718 3Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesMaster's Degree · 17 programs$201,547 4DentistryFirst Professional Degree · 59 programs$175,048 5Computer ScienceMaster's Degree · 48 programs$152,770 6Real EstateMaster's Degree · 15 programs$147,770 7Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree · 27 programs$144,307 8Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationMaster's Degree · 15 programs$142,512 9Computer EngineeringMaster's Degree · 23 programs$140,393 10Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationDoctoral Degree · 45 programs$137,496 11Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationFirst Professional Degree · 90 programs$136,211 12Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral Degree · 127 programs$135,560 13Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingFirst Professional Degree · 31 programs$135,340 14Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringMaster's Degree · 62 programs$134,287 15Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesMaster's Degree · 14 programs$133,189 16OptometryFirst Professional Degree · 18 programs$131,497 17StatisticsMaster's Degree · 18 programs$129,762 18Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingGraduate/Professional Certificate · 38 programs$128,518 19Veterinary MedicineFirst Professional Degree · 26 programs$127,974 20Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree · 219 programs$127,297 21Engineering-Related FieldsMaster's Degree · 40 programs$127,032 22Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree · 78 programs$125,902 23Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringMaster's Degree · 25 programs$125,843 24Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree · 92 programs$124,729 25Engineering, GeneralMaster's Degree · 29 programs$123,834 26Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationBachelor's Degree · 34 programs$122,169 27Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree · 447 programs$120,338 28Computer Software and Media ApplicationsMaster's Degree · 26 programs$119,840 29Industrial EngineeringMaster's Degree · 19 programs$117,338 30ChemistryDoctoral Degree · 38 programs$116,122

Field families are reproducible groupings of federal two-digit CIP subject codes. Rankings require at least 10 programs with reported year-4 earnings; missing or suppressed values are not replaced with zero.