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

Education6 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations

1Special Education and TeachingBachelor's Degree · 205 programs$51,258 2Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree · 394 programs$50,806 3Education, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 88 programs$49,250 4Education, OtherBachelor's Degree · 31 programs$48,653 5Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree · 742 programs$47,730 6Educational Administration and SupervisionBachelor's Degree · 19 programs$46,541

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.