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

All fields100 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

61Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree · 373 programs$98,882 62Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 268 programs$98,640 63Management Information Systems and ServicesMaster's Degree · 55 programs$98,170 64LawFirst Professional Degree · 176 programs$97,854 65Industrial EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 98 programs$97,790 66Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherMaster's Degree · 10 programs$97,362 67Civil EngineeringMaster's Degree · 82 programs$96,805 68Chemical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 159 programs$96,798 69Nuclear EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 13 programs$96,752 70Psychology, GeneralDoctoral Degree · 39 programs$96,534 71Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 60 programs$96,510 72Education, GeneralDoctoral Degree · 36 programs$95,543 73Engineering, OtherBachelor's Degree · 21 programs$94,278 74Biomedical/Medical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 131 programs$94,136 75Educational Administration and SupervisionGraduate/Professional Certificate · 46 programs$94,099 76Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesMaster's Degree · 14 programs$94,048 77Homeland SecurityMaster's Degree · 28 programs$93,686 78Construction ManagementBachelor's Degree · 58 programs$93,431 79Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree · 890 programs$93,369 80Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree · 362 programs$93,047 81Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherMaster's Degree · 19 programs$93,024 82Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degree · 47 programs$92,803 83Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsMaster's Degree · 13 programs$92,609 84Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianBachelor's Degree · 45 programs$92,524 85Materials EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 37 programs$91,799 86Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · 16 programs$91,557 87Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsGraduate/Professional Certificate · 10 programs$91,271 88Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 326 programs$91,131 89International Relations and National Security StudiesMaster's Degree · 40 programs$91,052 90Engineering-Related FieldsBachelor's Degree · 34 programs$90,275

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.