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

Education4 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

1Education, GeneralAssociate's Degree · 34 programs$42,127 2Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree · 184 programs$38,349 3Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate's Degree · 11 programs$37,783 4Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate's Degree · 22 programs$34,656

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.