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

61Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 63 programs$81,765 62Environmental/Environmental Health EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 48 programs$81,659 63Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's Degree · 112 programs$81,640 64Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree · 20 programs$81,617 65Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 55 programs$81,404 66Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherBachelor's Degree · 16 programs$80,992 67Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 35 programs$79,501 68Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 37 programs$79,055 69Computer ProgrammingBachelor's Degree · 33 programs$78,404 70PhysicsBachelor's Degree · 129 programs$78,216 71BiotechnologyBachelor's Degree · 19 programs$76,622 72Engineering ScienceAssociate's Degree · 18 programs$76,355 73Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 14 programs$75,357 74Engineering, GeneralAssociate's Degree · 54 programs$75,246 75Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 42 programs$73,951 76Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsBachelor's Degree · 49 programs$73,884 77Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 66 programs$73,834 78Computer Systems AnalysisBachelor's Degree · 31 programs$71,675 79Biology, GeneralMaster's Degree · 58 programs$71,655 80MathematicsMaster's Degree · 11 programs$70,298 81MathematicsBachelor's Degree · 331 programs$70,257 82Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · 24 programs$70,214 83Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 71 programs$68,934 84Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesMaster's Degree · 17 programs$68,776 85Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBachelor's Degree · 41 programs$68,042 86Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 11 programs$67,993 87Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 42 programs$66,606 88ChemistryBachelor's Degree · 277 programs$66,171 89Microbiological Sciences and ImmunologyBachelor's Degree · 63 programs$65,366 90Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's Degree · 178 programs$65,097

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.