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

STEM & Computing100 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

1Computer ScienceMaster's Degree · 48 programs$152,770 2Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree · 27 programs$144,307 3Computer EngineeringMaster's Degree · 23 programs$140,393 4Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringMaster's Degree · 62 programs$134,287 5StatisticsMaster's Degree · 18 programs$129,762 6Engineering-Related FieldsMaster's Degree · 40 programs$127,032 7Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree · 78 programs$125,902 8Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringMaster's Degree · 25 programs$125,843 9Engineering, GeneralMaster's Degree · 29 programs$123,834 10Computer Software and Media ApplicationsMaster's Degree · 26 programs$119,840 11Industrial EngineeringMaster's Degree · 19 programs$117,338 12ChemistryDoctoral Degree · 38 programs$116,122 13Engineering, OtherMaster's Degree · 16 programs$115,690 14Applied MathematicsMaster's Degree · 17 programs$115,629 15Mechanical EngineeringMaster's Degree · 84 programs$115,231 16Systems EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 12 programs$114,815 17Chemical EngineeringMaster's Degree · 11 programs$114,037 18BiotechnologyMaster's Degree · 15 programs$113,231 19Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyMaster's Degree · 13 programs$111,725 20Biomedical/Medical EngineeringMaster's Degree · 40 programs$109,394 21Biology, GeneralDoctoral Degree · 14 programs$108,206 22Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementMaster's Degree · 75 programs$106,831 23Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 198 programs$105,640 24Petroleum EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 20 programs$102,594 25Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansMaster's Degree · 12 programs$101,910 26Construction EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 13 programs$101,108 27Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree · 72 programs$99,838 28Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree · 373 programs$98,882 29Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 268 programs$98,640 30Industrial EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 98 programs$97,790

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.