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

31Civil EngineeringMaster's Degree · 82 programs$96,805 32Chemical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 159 programs$96,798 33Nuclear EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 13 programs$96,752 34Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 60 programs$96,510 35Engineering, OtherBachelor's Degree · 21 programs$94,278 36Biomedical/Medical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 131 programs$94,136 37Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesMaster's Degree · 14 programs$94,048 38Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degree · 47 programs$92,803 39Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsMaster's Degree · 13 programs$92,609 40Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianBachelor's Degree · 45 programs$92,524 41Materials EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 37 programs$91,799 42Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 16 programs$91,557 43Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsGraduate/Professional Certificate · 10 programs$91,271 44Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 326 programs$91,131 45Engineering-Related FieldsBachelor's Degree · 34 programs$90,275 46Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 27 programs$88,911 47Manufacturing EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 15 programs$88,690 48Engineering PhysicsBachelor's Degree · 12 programs$88,589 49Engineering, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 59 programs$88,063 50Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree · 14 programs$87,918 51StatisticsBachelor's Degree · 52 programs$87,335 52Architectural EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 16 programs$87,298 53Civil EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 238 programs$85,076 54Agricultural EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 27 programs$84,995 55Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 489 programs$84,860 56Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 20 programs$84,705 57Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyMaster's Degree · 23 programs$84,573 58Information Science/StudiesBachelor's Degree · 162 programs$83,331 59Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 54 programs$83,322 60Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate's Degree · 24 programs$82,564

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.