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Pay figures are each school's median earnings five years after graduation for THIS major (College Scorecard). The spread is real: where you study it changes what it pays. Click a column to sort.

353
schools offer it
3,068
grads per year
$58,917
median pay 5 yrs out
$51,070-$65,888
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
University of WashingtonD1WA153$63,860
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC146$58,306
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)D3CT81n/a
Columbia University-Barnard CollegeD1NY64$78,037
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA57$92,837
Fordham UniversityD1NY57$74,201
University of Texas at AustinD1TX56$52,619
Brown UniversityD1RI53$64,366
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA51$51,211
Brandeis UniversityD3MA51$62,806
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT51$77,218
University of MichiganD1MI47$62,545
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO47$59,671
University of ArizonaD1AZ42$52,408
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA41$60,726
Yale UniversityD1CT39$81,531
Bowdoin CollegeD3ME39$75,966
Dartmouth CollegeD1NH39$91,237
Emory UniversityD3GA37$83,027
Cornell UniversityD1NY37$81,545
Oberlin CollegeD3OH35$46,571
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI35$51,831
Duke UniversityD1NC34n/a
Miami University (Ohio)D1OH34$62,041
University of South Carolina, ColumbiaD1SC34n/a
University of UtahD1UT33n/a
Utah State UniversityD1UT32$52,356
George Washington UniversityD1DC30$83,602
Florida International UniversityD1FL30$23,742
University of Notre DameD1IN29$58,279
California State University, FullertonD1CA27$55,602
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA27$59,042
Washington University in St. LouisD3MO27n/a
Tufts UniversityD3MA26$62,853
University of California, DavisD1CA25n/a
Georgetown UniversityD1DC25n/a
Harvard UniversityD1MA25n/a
Smith CollegeD3MA24$51,070
New York UniversityD3NY23$62,651
University of Hawaii, ManoaD1HI22$42,099
Wellesley CollegeD3MA22$68,057
Amherst CollegeD3MA20$68,618
University of California, San DiegoD1CA19n/a
Dickinson CollegeD3PA19$55,883
Williams CollegeD3MA18$88,619
Carleton CollegeD3MN18n/a
University of OregonD1OR18$46,442
California State University, ChicoD2CA17$46,659
Trinity College (Connecticut)D3CT17$73,229
Colby CollegeD3ME17$64,207
University at AlbanyD1NY17$50,572
University of ChicagoD3IL16n/a
University of Massachusetts BostonD3MA16n/a
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA16n/a
Furman UniversityD1SC16n/a
University of IowaD1IA15$43,083
Towson UniversityD1MD15$69,096
College of the Holy CrossD1MA15n/a
Middlebury CollegeD3VT15$59,026
Kennesaw State UniversityD1GA15n/a
University of ConnecticutD1CT14$48,093
University of Illinois ChicagoD1IL14$43,913
State University of New York at Old WestburyD3NY14n/a
Bucknell UniversityD1PA14n/a
Franklin & Marshall CollegeD3PA14n/a
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL13$58,917
St. Olaf CollegeD3MN13$44,159
Binghamton UniversityD1NY13n/a
State University of New York at New PaltzD3NY13$51,093
Willamette UniversityD3OR13n/a
University of California, RiversideD1CA12$44,474
Florida State UniversityD1FL12$49,465
University of KansasD1KS12n/a
Skidmore CollegeD3NY12n/a
The College of WoosterD3OH12n/a
University of PennsylvaniaD1PA12n/a
Stetson UniversityD1FL11n/a
Boston UniversityD1MA11n/a
Macalester CollegeD3MN10n/a
University of New MexicoD1NM10$37,949
Colgate UniversityD1NY10n/a
Gettysburg CollegeD3PA10n/a
Purdue UniversityD1IN10n/a
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA9$53,077
California State University, SacramentoD1CA9n/a
University of Central FloridaD1FL9n/a
Northwestern UniversityD1IL9n/a
Iowa State UniversityD1IA9$65,888
University of KentuckyD1KY9n/a
Bates CollegeD3ME9n/a
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyD1MD9$50,038
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeD3MN9n/a
Stony Brook UniversityD1NY9n/a
Western Washington UniversityD2WA9$40,794
Stanford UniversityD1CA9n/a
Pomona-Pitzer CollegesD3CA8n/a
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ8$58,538
Queens College (New York)D2NY8n/a
The University of North Carolina at CharlotteD1NC8n/a
St. Norbert CollegeD3WI8n/a
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps CollegesD3CA7n/a
Occidental CollegeD3CA7n/a
University of DelawareD1DE7n/a
DePaul UniversityD1IL7$51,340
Princeton UniversityD1NJ7n/a
Hamilton CollegeD3NY7n/a
St. Lawrence UniversityD3NY7n/a
Oklahoma State UniversityD1OK7n/a
College of Charleston (South Carolina)D1SC7n/a
Lawrence UniversityD3WI7n/a
Rollins CollegeD2FL6n/a
Indiana University, BloomingtonD1IN6n/a
Stonehill CollegeD1MA6n/a
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)D3MA6n/a
Kalamazoo CollegeD3MI6n/a
Wayne State University (Michigan)D2MI6n/a
Houghton UniversityD3NY6n/a
Southwestern University (Texas)D3TX6n/a
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ5n/a
University of RedlandsD3CA5n/a