OBSERVED EARNINGS · LIKE-FOR-LIKE CATEGORIESHighest-paying majors
National median earnings four years after completion, keeping field and credential level visible.
Law & Public Service14 ranked field-and-credential categories with at least 10 earnings observations
1Fire ProtectionBachelor's Degree · 21 programs$87,4282Public Policy AnalysisBachelor's Degree · 40 programs$69,6563Homeland SecurityBachelor's Degree · 37 programs$67,9534Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherBachelor's Degree · 11 programs$67,0995Public AdministrationBachelor's Degree · 52 programs$64,9536Non-Professional Legal StudiesBachelor's Degree · 43 programs$63,4877Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherBachelor's Degree · 15 programs$63,1628Security Science and TechnologyBachelor's Degree · 49 programs$57,4479Legal Professions and Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree · 13 programs$57,24910Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · 724 programs$54,22811Legal Support ServicesBachelor's Degree · 35 programs$52,44412Social WorkBachelor's Degree · 463 programs$51,41013Community Organization and AdvocacyBachelor's Degree · 27 programs$51,06614Human Services, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 106 programs$48,799Field 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.