OBSERVED EARNINGS · LIKE-FOR-LIKE CATEGORIES

Highest-paying majors

National median earnings four years after completion, keeping field and credential level visible.

Field familyAll fieldsSTEM & ComputingHealth & ClinicalBusiness & ManagementSocial & Behavioral SciencesEducationArts, Media & HumanitiesLaw & Public ServiceTrades & Applied Fields
Degree levelAll credentialsAssociateBachelor’sMaster’sDoctorate
All fields100 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations
91InsuranceBachelor's Degree · 22 programs$89,34392Public Policy AnalysisMaster's Degree · 50 programs$89,11193Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree · 27 programs$88,91194Manufacturing EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 15 programs$88,69095Business Administration, Management and OperationsGraduate/Professional Certificate · 42 programs$88,59496Engineering PhysicsBachelor's Degree · 12 programs$88,58997Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesDoctoral Degree · 25 programs$88,32698Engineering, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 59 programs$88,06399Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree · 218 programs$87,932100Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree · 14 programs$87,918

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.