OBSERVED EARNINGS · LIKE-FOR-LIKE CATEGORIESHighest-paying majors
National median earnings four years after completion, keeping field and credential level visible.
Business & Management20 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations
1Construction ManagementBachelor's Degree · 58 programs$93,4312InsuranceBachelor's Degree · 22 programs$89,3433Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree · 134 programs$84,0964Real EstateBachelor's Degree · 28 programs$83,5925Management Information Systems and ServicesBachelor's Degree · 181 programs$80,8226Business/Managerial EconomicsBachelor's Degree · 96 programs$78,9067Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree · 472 programs$77,5048General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsBachelor's Degree · 30 programs$74,5579International BusinessBachelor's Degree · 119 programs$73,64010Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · 856 programs$72,45711Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBachelor's Degree · 44 programs$70,32812Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree · 209 programs$67,01213MarketingBachelor's Degree · 551 programs$66,47714Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 293 programs$65,29215Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · 1,282 programs$64,46616Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBachelor's Degree · 80 programs$60,43717Business/Corporate CommunicationsBachelor's Degree · 26 programs$60,10918Hospitality Administration/ManagementBachelor's Degree · 145 programs$55,79019Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsBachelor's Degree · 53 programs$53,53920Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesBachelor's Degree · 12 programs$23,549Field 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.