The College Majors Explorer is a tool that allows you to compare college majors quickly on key outcomes. These include:
- The median Lifetime Income for people in this major
- The median Starting Income for people aged 24-28 in this major
- Early career unemployment rate of the major (based on people aged 24-28)
- Field of the major
- The share of graduates from the major that are female
- The share of graduates in each major that work in its top 10 occupations – a high value indicates the training received in the major leads to specific career paths. A low value, indicates the training is very general.
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| Major | Lifetime Income | Starting Income | Unemployment | Female Percent | Share in Top 10 Occupations | Field | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Arts | 1.49 | $31,000 | 6% | 67 | 47 | Liberal Arts | Studio Arts |
| Visual And Performing Arts | 1.56 | $34,000 | 5.6% | 76 | 48 | Liberal Arts | Visual And Performing Arts |
| Early Childhood Education | 1.65 | $42,000 | 2.3% | 97 | 74 | Education | Early Childhood Education |
| Cosmetology Services And Culinary Arts | 1.68 | $38,000 | 6.3% | 43 | 60 | Liberal Arts | Cosmetology Services And Culinary Arts |
| Fine Arts | 1.69 | $33,000 | 7.3% | 63 | 47 | Liberal Arts | Fine Arts |
| Family And Consumer Sciences | 1.69 | $39,000 | 3.7% | 92 | 46 | Social Sciences | Family And Consumer Sciences |
| Human Services And Community Organization | 1.71 | $39,000 | 3.7% | 82 | 48 | Social Sciences | Human Services And Community Organization |
| Theology And Religious Vocations | 1.76 | $36,000 | 2.8% | 29 | 51 | Liberal Arts | Theology And Religious Vocations |
| Miscellaneous Fine Arts | 1.82 | $36,000 | 7.1% | 47 | 38 | Liberal Arts | Miscellaneous Fine Arts |
| Music | 1.83 | $33,000 | 4.6% | 50 | 56 | Liberal Arts | Music |
| Other Foreign Languages | 1.85 | $34,000 | 7.1% | 62 | 42 | Liberal Arts | Other Foreign Languages |
| Drama And Theater Arts | 1.86 | $32,000 | 6.7% | 60 | 40 | Liberal Arts | Drama And Theater Arts |
| Commercial Art And Graphic Design | 1.87 | $44,000 | 5.8% | 66 | 58 | Liberal Arts | Commercial Art And Graphic Design |
| Social Psychology | 1.87 | $42,000 | NA% | 67 | 45 | STEM | Social Psychology |
| Miscellaneous Health Medical Professions | 1.87 | $45,000 | 2.1% | 84 | 50 | Health | Miscellaneous Health Medical Professions |
| Library Science | 1.88 | $42,000 | NA% | 87 | 69 | Liberal Arts | Library Science |
| Counseling Psychology | 1.90 | $40,000 | 1.9% | 78 | 67 | Social Sciences | Counseling Psychology |
| Social Work | 1.92 | $43,000 | 3.1% | 87 | 63 | Social Sciences | Social Work |
| Art History And Criticism | 1.95 | $42,000 | 5.1% | 84 | 41 | Liberal Arts | Art History And Criticism |
| Linguistics And Comparative Language And Literature | 1.97 | $36,000 | 5.8% | 74 | 44 | Liberal Arts | Linguistics And Comparative Language And Literature |
| Composition And Rhetoric | 1.98 | $34,000 | 7.3% | 62 | 42 | Liberal Arts | Composition And Rhetoric |
| Elementary Education | 1.99 | $45,000 | 2.1% | 91 | 77 | Education | Elementary Education |
| Humanities | 1.99 | $35,000 | 6.5% | 63 | 38 | Liberal Arts | Humanities |
| Film Video And Photographic Arts | 2.00 | $37,000 | 8.6% | 41 | 43 | Liberal Arts | Film Video And Photographic Arts |
| Liberal Arts | 2.04 | $38,000 | 6.2% | 62 | 38 | Liberal Arts | Liberal Arts |
| General Education | 2.05 | $46,000 | 2% | 77 | 69 | Education | General Education |
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | 2.05 | $43,000 | 4.2% | 70 | 37 | Liberal Arts | Interdisciplinary Social Sciences |
| Hospitality Management | 2.06 | $45,000 | 3.8% | 60 | 42 | Business | Hospitality Management |
| Botany | 2.06 | $38,000 | NA% | 55 | 44 | STEM | Botany |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 2.07 | $42,000 | 3.3% | 70 | 46 | Liberal Arts | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Nutrition Sciences | 2.07 | $49,000 | 3.2% | 88 | 51 | STEM | Nutrition Sciences |
| Teacher Education: Multiple Levels | 2.10 | $47,000 | 1.9% | 80 | 75 | Education | Teacher Education: Multiple Levels |
| Court Reporting | 2.10 | $NA | NA% | 45 | 50 | Social Sciences | Court Reporting |
| Art And Music Education | 2.12 | $45,000 | 2.2% | 65 | 70 | Education | Art And Music Education |
| General Social Sciences | 2.12 | $41,000 | 4.3% | 59 | 40 | Social Sciences | General Social Sciences |
| Sociology | 2.14 | $43,000 | 5.3% | 68 | 40 | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Medical Assisting Services | 2.15 | $54,000 | 3.6% | 89 | 76 | Health | Medical Assisting Services |
| Miscellaneous Psychology | 2.16 | $41,000 | 4.1% | 75 | 43 | Social Sciences | Miscellaneous Psychology |
| Language And Drama Education | 2.17 | $46,000 | 2.9% | 82 | 67 | Liberal Arts | Language And Drama Education |
| Anthropology And Archeology | 2.17 | $36,000 | 5.6% | 65 | 37 | Social Sciences | Anthropology And Archeology |
| Psychology | 2.18 | $42,000 | 4.7% | 72 | 41 | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| English Language And Literature | 2.21 | $40,000 | 5.6% | 67 | 44 | Liberal Arts | English Language And Literature |
| Educational Psychology | 2.21 | $40,000 | 3.2% | 80 | 65 | Social Sciences | Educational Psychology |
| Special Needs Education | 2.21 | $49,000 | 1.8% | 90 | 77 | Education | Special Needs Education |
| Clinical Psychology | 2.23 | $39,000 | 4.5% | 73 | 65 | Social Sciences | Clinical Psychology |
| Mass Media | 2.24 | $42,000 | 6.5% | 49 | 36 | Liberal Arts | Mass Media |
| French German Latin And Other Common Foreign Language Studies | 2.25 | $43,000 | 4.6% | 75 | 47 | Liberal Arts | French German Latin And Other Common Foreign Language Studies |
| Communication Technologies | 2.25 | $40,000 | 6.7% | 35 | 36 | STEM | Communication Technologies |
| Pre-Law And Legal Studies | 2.26 | $46,000 | 6.3% | 69 | 55 | Social Sciences | Pre-Law And Legal Studies |
| Physical Fitness Parks Recreation And Leisure | 2.26 | $43,000 | 3.6% | 48 | 36 | Liberal Arts | Physical Fitness Parks Recreation And Leisure |
| Electrical, Mechanical, And Precision Technologies And Production | 2.27 | $55,000 | 1.6% | 10 | 36 | STEM | Electrical, Mechanical, And Precision Technologies And Production |
| Physical And Health Education Teaching | 2.28 | $42,000 | 2.8% | 48 | 51 | Education | Physical And Health Education Teaching |
| School Student Counseling | 2.28 | $51,000 | NA% | 81 | 74 | Social Sciences | School Student Counseling |
| Secondary Teacher Education | 2.29 | $47,000 | 1.7% | 56 | 66 | Education | Secondary Teacher Education |
| Ecology | 2.29 | $38,000 | 4.3% | 57 | 35 | STEM | Ecology |
| Science And Computer Teacher Education | 2.29 | $47,000 | 1% | 58 | 66 | Education | Science And Computer Teacher Education |
| Miscellaneous Agriculture | 2.29 | $49,000 | 1.2% | 53 | 43 | STEM | Miscellaneous Agriculture |
| Miscellaneous Education | 2.31 | $50,000 | 3.2% | 58 | 51 | Education | Miscellaneous Education |
| General Agriculture | 2.31 | $50,000 | 2.7% | 28 | 38 | STEM | General Agriculture |
| Social Science Or History Teacher Education | 2.32 | $47,000 | 2.6% | 48 | 60 | Education | Social Science Or History Teacher Education |
| Philosophy And Religious Studies | 2.33 | $39,000 | 5.2% | 34 | 47 | Liberal Arts | Philosophy And Religious Studies |
| Health And Medical Administrative Services | 2.33 | $48,000 | 2.7% | 76 | 44 | Health | Health And Medical Administrative Services |
| Advertising And Public Relations | 2.34 | $54,000 | 3.7% | 68 | 41 | Liberal Arts | Advertising And Public Relations |
| Communications | 2.35 | $48,000 | 4.4% | 61 | 37 | Liberal Arts | Communications |
| Plant Science And Agronomy | 2.37 | $48,000 | 2.2% | 33 | 41 | STEM | Plant Science And Agronomy |
| Journalism | 2.39 | $47,000 | 4.1% | 62 | 41 | Liberal Arts | Journalism |
| Criminology | 2.39 | $47,000 | 4% | 45 | 44 | Social Sciences | Criminology |
| Area Ethnic And Civilization Studies | 2.40 | $42,000 | 4.7% | 68 | 42 | Liberal Arts | Area Ethnic And Civilization Studies |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 2.40 | $50,000 | 1.3% | 64 | 74 | Education | Mathematics Teacher Education |
| General Medical And Health Services | 2.44 | $46,000 | 3.1% | 72 | 39 | Health | General Medical And Health Services |
| Community And Public Health | 2.44 | $46,000 | 4.2% | 74 | 39 | Health | Community And Public Health |
| Communication Disorders Sciences And Services | 2.45 | $54,000 | 1.6% | 95 | 72 | Health | Communication Disorders Sciences And Services |
| Criminal Justice And Fire Protection | 2.46 | $46,000 | 3.9% | 42 | 46 | Social Sciences | Criminal Justice And Fire Protection |
| Animal Sciences | 2.48 | $42,000 | 2.5% | 57 | 45 | STEM | Animal Sciences |
| Human Resources And Personnel Management | 2.48 | $52,000 | 4% | 68 | 49 | Business | Human Resources And Personnel Management |
| Natural Resources Management | 2.49 | $41,000 | 5.4% | 36 | 34 | STEM | Natural Resources Management |
| Intercultural And International Studies | 2.51 | $44,000 | 5% | 66 | 38 | Liberal Arts | Intercultural And International Studies |
| Physical Sciences | 2.54 | $50,000 | NA% | 28 | 38 | STEM | Physical Sciences |
| Industrial And Organizational Psychology | 2.56 | $44,000 | 5.6% | 64 | 44 | Social Sciences | Industrial And Organizational Psychology |
| International Business | 2.57 | $53,000 | 4.9% | 57 | 43 | Business | International Business |
| Treatment Therapy Professions | 2.57 | $51,000 | 2.7% | 75 | 68 | Health | Treatment Therapy Professions |
| United States History | 2.60 | $45,000 | 5.6% | 38 | 41 | Liberal Arts | United States History |
| Miscellaneous Business And Medical Administration | 2.60 | $54,000 | 4% | 46 | 34 | Business | Miscellaneous Business And Medical Administration |
| Geography | 2.61 | $47,000 | 5.4% | 34 | 34 | Social Sciences | Geography |
| Multi-Disciplinary Or General Science | 2.61 | $47,000 | 4.6% | 51 | 36 | Liberal Arts | Multi-Disciplinary Or General Science |
| History | 2.62 | $42,000 | 5.4% | 39 | 47 | Liberal Arts | History |
| Environmental Science | 2.63 | $45,000 | 4.3% | 48 | 35 | STEM | Environmental Science |
| Marketing And Marketing Research | 2.64 | $55,000 | 3.9% | 56 | 45 | Business | Marketing And Marketing Research |
| Public Administration | 2.65 | $46,000 | 6.9% | 49 | 37 | Social Sciences | Public Administration |
| Medical Technologies Technicians | 2.65 | $57,000 | 1.5% | 75 | 61 | STEM | Medical Technologies Technicians |
| Computer Networking And Telecommunications | 2.66 | $49,000 | 7.8% | 30 | 38 | STEM | Computer Networking And Telecommunications |
| Business Management And Administration | 2.66 | $52,000 | 4% | 47 | 37 | Business | Business Management And Administration |
| Forestry | 2.66 | $49,000 | 3.2% | 19 | 39 | STEM | Forestry |
| NA | 2.69 | $53,000 | 4.4% | 49 | 37 | NA | NA |
| Agriculture Production And Management | 2.73 | $55,000 | 1.6% | 27 | 44 | STEM | Agriculture Production And Management |
| General Business | 2.73 | $53,000 | 3.8% | 43 | 39 | Business | General Business |
| Miscellaneous Biology | 2.76 | $44,000 | 3.4% | 51 | 42 | STEM | Miscellaneous Biology |
| Computer Programming And Data Processing | 2.77 | $63,000 | 5.2% | 33 | 60 | STEM | Computer Programming And Data Processing |
| Nuclear, Industrial Radiology, And Biological Technologies | 2.77 | $56,000 | 3.1% | 57 | 58 | STEM | Nuclear, Industrial Radiology, And Biological Technologies |
| Food Science | 2.80 | $59,000 | 3.4% | 62 | 40 | STEM | Food Science |
| Educational Administration And Supervision | 2.84 | $54,000 | 0.5% | 61 | 79 | Education | Educational Administration And Supervision |
| Soil Science | 2.86 | $53,000 | NA% | 29 | 41 | STEM | Soil Science |
| Nursing | 2.89 | $66,000 | 1.6% | 90 | 88 | Health | Nursing |
| Miscellaneous Social Sciences | 2.91 | $55,000 | 2.1% | 56 | 39 | Social Sciences | Miscellaneous Social Sciences |
| Architecture | 2.93 | $53,000 | 4.9% | 35 | 63 | STEM | Architecture |
| Engineering Technologies | 2.95 | $54,000 | 4.3% | 21 | 35 | STEM | Engineering Technologies |
| Geology And Earth Science | 2.97 | $50,000 | 4.6% | 31 | 49 | STEM | Geology And Earth Science |
| Zoology | 3.01 | $37,000 | 3.8% | 47 | 52 | STEM | Zoology |
| Accounting | 3.01 | $66,000 | 2.8% | 53 | 65 | Business | Accounting |
| Oceanography | 3.04 | $46,000 | 4.3% | 41 | 35 | STEM | Oceanography |
| Computer Administration Management And Security | 3.05 | $61,000 | 5.4% | 25 | 56 | STEM | Computer Administration Management And Security |
| Military Technologies | 3.06 | $NA | NA% | 11 | 49 | STEM | Military Technologies |
| Agricultural Economics | 3.12 | $58,000 | 3.1% | 24 | 43 | Social Sciences | Agricultural Economics |
| Physiology | 3.12 | $47,000 | 4.3% | 55 | 48 | STEM | Physiology |
| Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies | 3.18 | $65,000 | 4.1% | 21 | 37 | STEM | Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies |
| Microbiology | 3.18 | $46,000 | 3.5% | 57 | 50 | STEM | Microbiology |
| International Relations | 3.20 | $55,000 | 5.2% | 59 | 45 | Social Sciences | International Relations |
| Biology | 3.22 | $46,000 | 3.5% | 54 | 47 | STEM | Biology |
| Political Science And Government | 3.23 | $53,000 | 5.5% | 42 | 48 | Social Sciences | Political Science And Government |
| Industrial Production Technologies | 3.24 | $62,000 | 4.4% | 11 | 36 | STEM | Industrial Production Technologies |
| Mathematics | 3.25 | $59,000 | 3.9% | 44 | 49 | STEM | Mathematics |
| Biological Engineering | 3.28 | $72,000 | 3.2% | 29 | 35 | STEM | Biological Engineering |
| Geosciences | 3.28 | $45,000 | 3% | 32 | 52 | STEM | Geosciences |
| Computer And Information Systems | 3.30 | $60,000 | 4.9% | 31 | 59 | STEM | Computer And Information Systems |
| Operations Logistics And E-Commerce | 3.34 | $71,000 | 1.6% | 33 | 44 | Business | Operations Logistics And E-Commerce |
| Public Policy | 3.37 | $60,000 | 4.5% | 53 | 44 | Social Sciences | Public Policy |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies | 3.49 | $69,000 | 3.1% | 6 | 46 | STEM | Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies |
| Environmental Engineering | 3.49 | $71,000 | 3.2% | 40 | 56 | STEM | Environmental Engineering |
| Genetics | 3.50 | $51,000 | 6.5% | 58 | 52 | STEM | Genetics |
| Electrical Engineering Technology | 3.55 | $65,000 | 4.8% | 16 | 44 | STEM | Electrical Engineering Technology |
| Transportation Sciences And Technologies | 3.58 | $54,000 | 3% | 11 | 48 | Business | Transportation Sciences And Technologies |
| Chemistry | 3.60 | $51,000 | 3.9% | 41 | 52 | STEM | Chemistry |
| Atmospheric Sciences And Meteorology | 3.60 | $52,000 | 3% | 27 | 53 | STEM | Atmospheric Sciences And Meteorology |
| Finance | 3.61 | $69,000 | 3% | 35 | 48 | Business | Finance |
| Construction Services | 3.61 | $73,000 | 1.5% | 10 | 66 | STEM | Construction Services |
| Architectural Engineering | 3.62 | $74,000 | 3% | 27 | 62 | STEM | Architectural Engineering |
| Business Economics | 3.62 | $67,000 | 4.6% | 36 | 42 | Business | Business Economics |
| Miscellaneous Engineering | 3.64 | $78,000 | 2.5% | 21 | 42 | STEM | Miscellaneous Engineering |
| Economics | 3.65 | $68,000 | 4.3% | 34 | 44 | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Statistics And Decision Science | 3.66 | $74,000 | 2.4% | 46 | 50 | STEM | Statistics And Decision Science |
| Management Information Systems And Statistics | 3.67 | $74,000 | 3.1% | 36 | 55 | STEM | Management Information Systems And Statistics |
| Information Sciences | 3.70 | $68,000 | 3.5% | 31 | 60 | STEM | Information Sciences |
| Engineering And Industrial Management | 3.73 | $68,000 | 4.5% | 22 | 38 | STEM | Engineering And Industrial Management |
| General Engineering | 3.76 | $74,000 | 3.1% | 17 | 44 | STEM | General Engineering |
| Pharmacology | 3.85 | $65,000 | NA% | 58 | 68 | STEM | Pharmacology |
| Geological And Geophysical Engineering | 3.86 | $71,000 | NA% | 25 | 58 | STEM | Geological And Geophysical Engineering |
| Astronomy And Astrophysics | 3.91 | $41,000 | 11% | 34 | 57 | STEM | Astronomy And Astrophysics |
| Applied Mathematics | 3.92 | $68,000 | 5.8% | 39 | 50 | STEM | Applied Mathematics |
| Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering | 3.99 | $83,000 | 2.8% | 27 | 44 | STEM | Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering |
| Biochemical Sciences | 4.00 | $51,000 | 2.9% | 46 | 59 | STEM | Biochemical Sciences |
| Civil Engineering | 4.02 | $76,000 | 2.5% | 19 | 63 | STEM | Civil Engineering |
| Molecular Biology | 4.03 | $50,000 | 3.5% | 53 | 59 | STEM | Molecular Biology |
| Computer Science | 4.04 | $81,000 | 3.8% | 26 | 66 | STEM | Computer Science |
| Physics | 4.04 | $58,000 | 5.2% | 20 | 51 | STEM | Physics |
| Materials Engineering And Materials Science | 4.05 | $78,000 | 2.1% | 28 | 46 | STEM | Materials Engineering And Materials Science |
| Engineering Mechanics Physics And Science | 4.20 | $72,000 | 0.5% | 15 | 45 | STEM | Engineering Mechanics Physics And Science |
| Cognitive Science And Biopsychology | 4.29 | $53,000 | 6.2% | 58 | 52 | STEM | Cognitive Science And Biopsychology |
| Health And Medical Preparatory Programs | 4.35 | $54,000 | 3.7% | 49 | 65 | Health | Health And Medical Preparatory Programs |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 4.37 | $NA | NA% | 16 | 51 | STEM | Metallurgical Engineering |
| Mining And Mineral Engineering | 4.40 | $85,000 | NA% | 10 | 49 | STEM | Mining And Mineral Engineering |
| Mechanical Engineering | 4.43 | $84,000 | 2.7% | 11 | 56 | STEM | Mechanical Engineering |
| Mathematics And Computer Science | 4.47 | $110,000 | NA% | 34 | 61 | STEM | Mathematics And Computer Science |
| Electrical Engineering | 4.59 | $87,000 | 2.9% | 14 | 58 | STEM | Electrical Engineering |
| Computer Engineering | 4.61 | $88,000 | 3.3% | 20 | 64 | STEM | Computer Engineering |
| Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences And Administration | 4.64 | $81,000 | 4.1% | 57 | 82 | STEM | Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences And Administration |
| Materials Science | 4.64 | $85,000 | 2.7% | 27 | 51 | STEM | Materials Science |
| Chemical Engineering | 4.65 | $89,000 | 3.7% | 31 | 47 | STEM | Chemical Engineering |
| Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering | 4.67 | $94,000 | 0.6% | 8 | 46 | STEM | Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering |
| Actuarial Science | 4.74 | $91,000 | 2.5% | 41 | 65 | STEM | Actuarial Science |
| Aerospace Engineering | 4.81 | $87,000 | 3.8% | 12 | 61 | STEM | Aerospace Engineering |
| Neuroscience | 4.84 | $52,000 | 3.5% | 59 | 65 | STEM | Neuroscience |
| Biomedical Engineering | 4.94 | $75,000 | 4.1% | 40 | 55 | STEM | Biomedical Engineering |
| Nuclear Engineering | 5.10 | $88,000 | 2.7% | 12 | 57 | STEM | Nuclear Engineering |
| Petroleum Engineering | 5.20 | $110,000 | 3.8% | 16 | 57 | STEM | Petroleum Engineering |
| Lifetime Income | Female Percent | Share in Top 10 Occupations |