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

Business & Management58 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

31Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree · 209 programs$67,012 32Human Resources Management and ServicesGraduate/Professional Certificate · 22 programs$66,776 33MarketingBachelor's Degree · 551 programs$66,477 34Human Resources Management and ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 21 programs$65,674 35Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 293 programs$65,292 36Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · 1,282 programs$64,466 37Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBachelor's Degree · 80 programs$60,437 38Business/Corporate CommunicationsBachelor's Degree · 26 programs$60,109 39Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate's Degree · 22 programs$57,424 40Hospitality Administration/ManagementBachelor's Degree · 145 programs$55,790 41Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 14 programs$55,488 42Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsBachelor's Degree · 53 programs$53,539 43Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree · 223 programs$52,628 44Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate's Degree · 35 programs$51,118 45Hospitality Administration/ManagementUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 16 programs$49,976 46Business Administration, Management and OperationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 137 programs$49,328 47Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree · 250 programs$49,138 48Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree · 592 programs$48,685 49Real EstateUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 16 programs$46,206 50Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsAssociate's Degree · 11 programs$46,098 51MarketingAssociate's Degree · 34 programs$45,620 52Accounting and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 114 programs$44,880 53Business/Commerce, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 26 programs$43,651 54Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate's Degree · 36 programs$40,788 55General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate's Degree · 12 programs$39,486 56Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate's Degree · 73 programs$37,383 57Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 135 programs$32,277 58Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesBachelor's Degree · 12 programs$23,549

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.