As more Americans go to college and earn a diploma, it\u2019s important to know which common majors offer the most earning potential.<\/p>\n
Stacker, a data journalism website, looked at data analyzed by Learner from the Census Bureau via the University of Minnesota IPUMS to determine the most common college majors in the United States. It then looked at the median salary for those with a bachelor\u2019s degree and those with a postgraduate degree (such as a master\u2019s, professional and doctoral).<\/p>\n
A business degree is the most common undergraduate major. As of 2022, around 8.5 million adults working full-time had a bachelor\u2019s degree in a business-related field, according to data, and bout 2.9 million of these adults also earned a postgraduate degree in the field.<\/p>\n
Here are the most common majors with the highest earning potential by bachelor\u2019s degree only, ranked from lowest earning potential to highest, according to Stacker and Learner\u2019s analyses.<\/p>\n
10. Education<\/b><\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $50,000<\/p>\n
9. Fine arts (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $52,000<\/p>\n
8. Psychology (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $52,000<\/p>\n
7. Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $57,000<\/p>\n 6. Biology and life sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $62,000<\/p>\n 5. Social sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $68,000<\/p>\n 4. Medical and health sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $70,000<\/p>\n 3. Business<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $73,000<\/p>\n 2. Computer\/info sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $91,000<\/p>\n 1. Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s degree only median salary: $96,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Here are the most common majors with the highest earning potential by postgraduate degree median salaries, ranked from lowest earning potential to highest, according to Stacker and Learner\u2019s analyses.<\/p>\n 9. Fine arts<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $68,000<\/p>\n 8. Education<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $70,000<\/p>\n 7. Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $74,000<\/p>\n 6. Biology and life sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $79,000<\/p>\n 5. Medical and health sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $93,000<\/p>\n 4. Social sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $99,000<\/p>\n 3. Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $107,000<\/p>\n 2. Computer\/info sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $120,000<\/p>\n 1. Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n Postgraduate degree median salary: $127,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Origin Article: https:\/\/www.silive.com\/education\/2024\/05\/which-college-majors-have-the-highest-earning-potential.html<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As more Americans go to college and earn a diploma, it\u2019s important to know which common majors offer the most earning potential. Stacker, a data journalism website, looked at data analyzed by Learner from the Census Bureau via the University of Minnesota IPUMS to determine the most common college majors in the United States. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/computer-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}