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

61Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 23 programs$47,714 62Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · 540 programs$45,151 63Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate's Degree · 12 programs$44,030 64Public HealthAssociate's Degree · 22 programs$43,403 65Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · 76 programs$41,527 66Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 57 programs$41,420 67Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree · 333 programs$39,604 68Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 116 programs$37,077 69Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 590 programs$35,310 70Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 737 programs$34,558 71Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical SystemsMaster's Degree · 26 programs$34,068 72Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 375 programs$34,006 73Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 13 programs$31,150 74Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesAssociate's Degree · 14 programs$30,060 75Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 240 programs$28,641

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.