OBSERVED EARNINGS · LIKE-FOR-LIKE CATEGORIESHighest-paying majors
National median earnings four years after completion, keeping field and credential level visible.
Trades & Applied Fields27 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations
1Air TransportationBachelor's Degree · 59 programs$83,2832Agricultural MechanizationBachelor's Degree · 11 programs$73,3933Food Science and TechnologyBachelor's Degree · 30 programs$70,5374Architectural Sciences and TechnologyBachelor's Degree · 31 programs$69,1085City/Urban, Community, and Regional PlanningBachelor's Degree · 19 programs$68,1636ArchitectureBachelor's Degree · 82 programs$67,3997Agricultural Business and ManagementBachelor's Degree · 80 programs$65,8828Landscape ArchitectureBachelor's Degree · 21 programs$65,8639Interior ArchitectureBachelor's Degree · 17 programs$61,42110ForestryBachelor's Degree · 33 programs$58,49911Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesBachelor's Degree · 14 programs$56,93712Environmental DesignBachelor's Degree · 13 programs$56,56113Plant SciencesBachelor's Degree · 49 programs$56,26514Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's Degree · 287 programs$55,04415Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyBachelor's Degree · 32 programs$53,62016Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree · 660 programs$53,19017Agriculture, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 51 programs$52,80418Agricultural Production OperationsBachelor's Degree · 19 programs$52,51619Agricultural Public ServicesBachelor's Degree · 10 programs$52,40420Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities ManagementBachelor's Degree · 57 programs$49,79921Parks, Recreation, and Leisure StudiesBachelor's Degree · 67 programs$49,36922Animal SciencesBachelor's Degree · 83 programs$49,19323Culinary Arts and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · 20 programs$47,13924Wildlife and Wildlands Science and ManagementBachelor's Degree · 38 programs$45,34825Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 27 programs$45,12026Graphic CommunicationsBachelor's Degree · 69 programs$43,05827Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 13 programs$41,690Field 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.