OBSERVED EARNINGS · LIKE-FOR-LIKE CATEGORIES Highest-paying majors National median earnings four years after completion, keeping field and credential level visible.
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61 Graphic Communications Associate's Degree · 24 programs $38,274 62 Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 15 programs $36,241 63 Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 60 programs $34,788 64 Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 16 programs $33,711 65 Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians Associate's Degree · 35 programs $33,442 66 Culinary Arts and Related Services Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 99 programs $33,155 67 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 1,199 programs $26,547 68 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Associate's Degree · 13 programs $23,086 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.
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