This page contains key outcome data for the Mathematics and Computer Science Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $82,000 (Rank: 4 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $43,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.80% (Rank: 131 of 171)
- Percent Female: 27.7%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 28.3%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.1%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 5.5%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 168 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 37.45% (Average Income: $103,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 10.76% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Computer Programmers: 8.52% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 5.11% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.23% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Database Administrators: 3.20% (Average Income: $95,000)
- Medical Assistants and Other Healthcare Support Occupations, : 2.90% (Average Income: $20,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 2.80% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: 2.53% (Average Income: $140,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 2.28% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 2.09% (Average Income: $32,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.92% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Computer and Information Systems Managers: 1.46% (Average Income: $189,000)
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers: 1.38% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Military, Rank Not Specified: 1.30% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Engineers, : 1.19% (Average Income: $102,000)
- Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists: 1.03% (Average Income: $99,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.01%
- Physical Scientists, : 0.97% (Average Income: $140,000)
- Lawyers, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers: 0.97% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Childcare Workers: 0.84%
- Data Entry Keyers: 0.83% (Average Income: $2,000)
- Grounds Maintenance Workers: 0.75% (Average Income: $1,000)
- Gaming Services Workers: 0.74%
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 0.70%
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