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 & Computing29 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 12Engineering, OtherMaster's Degree · 16 programs$115,690 13Applied MathematicsMaster's Degree · 17 programs$115,629 14Mechanical EngineeringMaster's Degree · 84 programs$115,231 15Chemical EngineeringMaster's Degree · 11 programs$114,037 16BiotechnologyMaster's Degree · 15 programs$113,231 17Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyMaster's Degree · 13 programs$111,725 18Biomedical/Medical EngineeringMaster's Degree · 40 programs$109,394 19Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementMaster's Degree · 75 programs$106,831 20Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansMaster's Degree · 12 programs$101,910 21Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree · 72 programs$99,838 22Civil EngineeringMaster's Degree · 82 programs$96,805 23Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesMaster's Degree · 14 programs$94,048 24Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsMaster's Degree · 13 programs$92,609 25Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree · 14 programs$87,918 26Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyMaster's Degree · 23 programs$84,573 27Biology, GeneralMaster's Degree · 58 programs$71,655 28MathematicsMaster's Degree · 11 programs$70,298 29Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesMaster's Degree · 17 programs$68,776

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.