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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.

771
schools offer it
11,275
grads per year
$41,706
median pay 5 yrs out
$37,262-$46,845
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
University of North TexasD1TX236$52,244
Middle Tennessee State UniversityD1TN155$48,653
University of RochesterD3NY140$34,412
Indiana University, BloomingtonD1IN137$42,250
Oberlin CollegeD3OH136$32,993
Florida State UniversityD1FL109$41,660
University of MichiganD1MI100$32,036
Liberty UniversityD1VA99$36,347
Belmont UniversityD1TN97$30,355
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA94$35,153
Rowan UniversityD3NJ89$58,894
New York UniversityD3NY87$34,761
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA86$47,831
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaD2PA79$48,684
Northwestern UniversityD1IL77$48,276
Texas Tech UniversityD1TX76$51,813
University of OregonD1OR74$41,338
Michigan State UniversityD1MI71$40,644
James Madison UniversityD1VA69$45,783
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT68$44,848
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA66$50,858
Stephen F. Austin State UniversityD1TX66$57,180
George Mason UniversityD1VA63$46,718
California State University, FullertonD1CA61$26,392
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ61$46,231
Montclair State UniversityD3NJ59$47,270
William Paterson University of New JerseyD3NJ59$39,553
University of South Carolina, ColumbiaD1SC59$48,505
Lawrence UniversityD3WI59$32,725
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ58$27,211
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL58$32,182
Sam Houston State UniversityD1TX58$47,434
University of HartfordD3CT57$30,834
Texas State UniversityD1TX57$51,050
University of Texas at AustinD1TX56$52,699
University of HoustonD1TX55$58,649
California State University, SacramentoD1CA54$32,255
University of IowaD1IA52$37,858
Ithaca CollegeD3NY52$47,526
University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireD3WI52$45,767
University of Texas at ArlingtonD1TX51$53,273
Purchase College, State University of New YorkD3NY49$31,045
University of FloridaD1FL48$40,213
Western Michigan UniversityD1MI48$35,347
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC48$41,458
Jacksonville State UniversityD1AL47$48,790
San Diego State UniversityD1CA47$34,258
East Texas A&M UniversityD1TX47$48,875
University of AlabamaD1AL46$31,666
Colorado State UniversityD1CO45$53,174
University of UtahD1UT45$51,815
California State University, ChicoD2CA44$39,537
California State University, FresnoD1CA44n/a
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO44$39,241
State University of New York at PotsdamD3NY44$45,065
University of Texas at San AntonioD1TX44$55,874
San Jose State UniversityD1CA43n/a
St. Olaf CollegeD3MN43$51,102
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA42n/a
University of MontanaD1MT42$39,637
University of MemphisD1TN42$46,852
University of Missouri-Kansas CityD1MO40$34,674
University of Central OklahomaD2OK40$32,285
University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleD1TN40$38,564
University of ConnecticutD1CT39$46,374
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD39$47,666
Boston UniversityD1MA39$41,316
Wayne State University (Michigan)D2MI39$46,187
Indiana University of PennsylvaniaD2PA39$42,093
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaD2PA39$40,713
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA39$24,816
University of Massachusetts, AmherstD1MA38$32,203
Grand Valley State UniversityD2MI38$45,043
University of GeorgiaD1GA36n/a
University of Nebraska at OmahaD1NE36$29,586
University of Nevada, Las VegasD1NV36$49,099
The State University of New York at FredoniaD3NY36$32,164
Western Carolina UniversityD1NC36$48,930
University of Central FloridaD1FL35$51,751
Northern Illinois UniversityD1IL35$31,511
University of LouisvilleD1KY35$44,130
University of Massachusetts LowellD1MA35$59,730
Oregon State UniversityD1OR35$41,073
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA34$33,825
Stetson UniversityD1FL34$28,018
Towson UniversityD1MD34$41,706
Ohio UniversityD1OH34$40,932
University of OklahomaD1OK34$49,244
Brown UniversityD1RI34n/a
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI34$43,311
University of ArizonaD1AZ33$39,164
Luther CollegeD3IA33$47,981
University of Louisiana at LafayetteD1LA33$29,175
The University of North Carolina at GreensboroD1NC33$44,545
Baldwin Wallace UniversityD3OH33$26,549
Capital UniversityD3OH33$44,322
Bloomsburg University of PennsylvaniaD2PA33$41,602
Lock Haven University of PennsylvaniaD2PA33$41,602
Mansfield University of PennsylvaniaD2PA33$41,602
Florida International UniversityD1FL32$40,864
DePaul UniversityD1IL32$40,267
Louisiana State UniversityD1LA32$46,309
Texas Woman's UniversityD2TX32$56,884
Georgia State UniversityD1GA31$47,699
Rider UniversityD1NJ31$40,624
University of KentuckyD1KY30$36,411
Western Kentucky UniversityD1KY30$43,735
Miami University (Ohio)D1OH30$50,680
The Ohio State UniversityD1OH30$38,830
Furman UniversityD1SC30$52,225
University of VirginiaD1VA30n/a
Central Washington UniversityD2WA30$35,760
Ramapo CollegeD3NJ29$40,909
Texas A&M University-KingsvilleD2TX29$60,646
Western Washington UniversityD2WA29$39,419
University of New HavenD1CT28$39,704
Wheaton College (Illinois)D3IL28$42,365
Carnegie Mellon UniversityD3PA28$23,666
Carthage CollegeD3WI28$45,258
San Francisco State UniversityD2CA27$30,461