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BACHELOR'S DEGREE385

Culinary Arts and Related Services

20 reporting programs

$47,139median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−92% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE386

Petroleum Engineering

20 reporting programs

$102,594median earnings · year 4
Strong payoff+130% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE387

Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians

20 reporting programs

$84,705median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+68% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE388

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

20 reporting programs

$81,617median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+42% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE389

Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

20 reporting programs

$59,760median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−44% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE390

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

20 reporting programs

$81,617median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE391

Agricultural Production Operations

19 reporting programs

$52,516median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−70% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE392

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning

19 reporting programs

$68,163median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−10% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE393

Educational Administration and Supervision

19 reporting programs

$46,541median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−94% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE394

Industrial Engineering

19 reporting programs

$117,338median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA395

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

19 reporting programs

$55,406median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE396

Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies

19 reporting programs

$53,055median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−68% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE397

Biotechnology

19 reporting programs

$76,622median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+25% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE398

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other

19 reporting programs

$93,024median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE399

Agricultural Production Operations

18 reporting programs

$41,868median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−127% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE400

Engineering Science

18 reporting programs

$76,355median earnings · year 4
Strong payoff+199% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE401

Statistics

18 reporting programs

$129,762median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE402

Air Transportation

18 reporting programs

$75,637median earnings · year 4
Strong payoff+152% ROI
FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE403

Optometry

18 reporting programs

$131,497median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
MASTER'S DEGREE404

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

18 reporting programs

$73,446median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
DOCTORAL DEGREE405

Business Administration, Management and Operations

18 reporting programs

$109,689median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE406

Interior Architecture

17 reporting programs

$61,421median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−37% ROI
GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE407

Special Education and Teaching

17 reporting programs

$70,411median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE408

English Language and Literature/Letters, Other

17 reporting programs

$39,287median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−122% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE409

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

17 reporting programs

$68,776median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
MASTER'S DEGREE410

Applied Mathematics

17 reporting programs

$115,629median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA411

Geography and Cartography

17 reporting programs

$59,554median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
MASTER'S DEGREE412

Geography and Cartography

17 reporting programs

$87,165median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA413

Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services

17 reporting programs

$50,748median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
MASTER'S DEGREE414

Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences

17 reporting programs

$201,547median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
MASTER'S DEGREE415

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy

16 reporting programs

$68,968median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA416

Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians

16 reporting programs

$33,711median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE417

Architectural Engineering

16 reporting programs

$87,298median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+58% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE418

Engineering, Other

16 reporting programs

$115,690median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE419

Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other

16 reporting programs

$80,992median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+43% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE420

Religious Education

16 reporting programs

$45,165median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−99% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE421

Physical Science Technologies/Technicians

16 reporting programs

$91,557median earnings · year 4
Strong payoff+349% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE422

Political Science and Government

16 reporting programs

$75,523median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE423

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

16 reporting programs

$79,657median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+44% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE424

Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions

16 reporting programs

$53,620median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−19% ROI
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA425

Hospitality Administration/Management

16 reporting programs

$49,976median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA426

Real Estate

16 reporting programs

$46,206median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE427

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication

15 reporting programs

$37,102median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−175% ROI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE428

Manufacturing Engineering

15 reporting programs

$88,690median earnings · year 4
Positive payoff+71% ROI
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE429

English Language and Literature, General

15 reporting programs

$34,868median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−198% ROI
MASTER'S DEGREE430

Biotechnology

15 reporting programs

$113,231median earnings · year 4
Personal baseline neededROI withheld
BACHELOR'S DEGREE431

Natural Sciences

15 reporting programs

$48,922median earnings · year 4
Negative payoff−84% ROI
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA432

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

15 reporting programs

$36,241median earnings · year 4
Certificate price neededROI withheld