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BACHELOR'S DEGREE97

Information Science/Studies

162 reporting programs

$83,331median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+50% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE98

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

162 reporting programs

$44,232median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−103% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE99

Chemical Engineering

159 reporting programs

$96,798median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+100% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE100

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

153 reporting programs

$47,141median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−92% ROI
DOCTORAL DEGREE101

Educational Administration and Supervision

151 reporting programs

$101,194median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE102

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

151 reporting programs

$60,453median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−37% ROI
FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE103

Medicine

148 reporting programs

$106,469median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE104

Hospitality Administration/Management

145 reporting programs

$55,790median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−57% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE105

Computer and Information Sciences, General

142 reporting programs

$54,238median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−17% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE106

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

139 reporting programs

$43,115median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−116% ROI
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA107

Business Administration, Management and Operations

137 reporting programs

$49,328median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE108

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

135 reporting programs

$56,486median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−2% ROI
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA109

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

135 reporting programs

$32,277median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE110

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

134 reporting programs

$84,096median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+48% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE111

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

131 reporting programs

$94,136median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+84% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE112

Geography and Cartography

130 reporting programs

$57,751median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−48% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE113

Physics

129 reporting programs

$78,216median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+29% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE114

International Relations and National Security Studies

128 reporting programs

$66,308median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−23% ROI
DOCTORAL DEGREE115

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

127 reporting programs

$135,560median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE116

Criminology

126 reporting programs

$55,621median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−59% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE117

Psychology, General

124 reporting programs

$38,612median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−160% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE118

Philosophy

123 reporting programs

$56,849median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−54% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE119

Legal Support Services

121 reporting programs

$45,714median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−94% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE120

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

120 reporting programs

$51,565median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−74% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE121

Neurobiology and Neurosciences

120 reporting programs

$61,799median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−40% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE122

Criminal Justice and Corrections

119 reporting programs

$64,860median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE123

International Business

119 reporting programs

$73,640median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+6% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE124

Design and Applied Arts

116 reporting programs

$37,065median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−169% ROI
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA125

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

116 reporting programs

$37,077median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA126

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

114 reporting programs

$44,349median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA127

Ground Transportation

114 reporting programs

$53,102median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA128

Accounting and Related Services

114 reporting programs

$44,880median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE129

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

112 reporting programs

$81,640median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+42% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE130

Culinary Arts and Related Services

111 reporting programs

$38,508median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−157% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE131

Research and Experimental Psychology

111 reporting programs

$56,830median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−56% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE132

Human Services, General

106 reporting programs

$48,799median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−85% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE133

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

103 reporting programs

$55,935median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−9% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE134

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services

102 reporting programs

$50,571median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−78% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE135

Theological and Ministerial Studies

100 reporting programs

$60,457median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE136

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

100 reporting programs

$74,831median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+21% ROI
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA137

Culinary Arts and Related Services

99 reporting programs

$33,155median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE138

Industrial Engineering

98 reporting programs

$97,790median earnings · year 4
Strong payoff+108% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE139

Music

98 reporting programs

$47,357median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
DOCTORAL DEGREE140

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

97 reporting programs

$100,222median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE141

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

96 reporting programs

$35,276median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−189% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE142

Business/Managerial Economics

96 reporting programs

$78,906median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+32% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE143

Social Sciences, General

95 reporting programs

$52,095median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−72% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE144

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

94 reporting programs

$54,558median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−63% ROI