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

Health & Clinical75 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

31Public HealthMaster's Degree · 207 programs$79,533 32Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · 100 programs$74,831 33Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree · 18 programs$73,446 34Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsMaster's Degree · 214 programs$71,838 35Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · 80 programs$68,205 36Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · 279 programs$67,676 37Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree · 247 programs$66,494 38Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · 243 programs$64,564 39Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree · 67 programs$64,205 40Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate's Degree · 44 programs$64,035 41Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · 601 programs$64,016 42Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesMaster's Degree · 34 programs$63,165 43Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsBachelor's Degree · 59 programs$62,585 44Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsGraduate/Professional Certificate · 12 programs$61,407 45ChiropracticFirst Professional Degree · 10 programs$60,656 46Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's Degree · 216 programs$59,973 47Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 197 programs$59,778 48Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor's Degree · 231 programs$58,557 49Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree · 308 programs$58,170 50Public HealthBachelor's Degree · 256 programs$57,499 51Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 325 programs$56,695 52Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 862 programs$55,921 53Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · 68 programs$55,893 54Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesBachelor's Degree · 76 programs$55,804 55Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · 94 programs$54,558 56Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · 16 programs$53,620 57Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree · 63 programs$52,232 58Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate's Degree · 29 programs$51,601 59Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · 53 programs$51,435 60Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · 14 programs$49,063

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.