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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31 Social Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree · 95 programs $52,095 32 Sociology Bachelor's Degree · 509 programs $52,094 33 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree · 77 programs $51,727 34 Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's Degree · 120 programs $51,565 35 Psychology, Other Bachelor's Degree · 13 programs $50,430 36 Psychology, General Bachelor's Degree · 1,139 programs $49,960 37 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Bachelor's Degree · 185 programs $46,954 38 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree · 50 programs $46,136 39 Anthropology Bachelor's Degree · 208 programs $45,920 40 Sociology Associate's Degree · 29 programs $45,161 41 Social Sciences, General Associate's Degree · 38 programs $44,267 42 Psychology, General Associate's Degree · 124 programs $38,612 43 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Associate's Degree · 96 programs $35,276 44 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 81 programs $31,837 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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