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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.

752
schools offer it
21,464
grads per year
$50,178
median pay 5 yrs out
$45,142-$56,681
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA692$59,183
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA669$64,677
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA424$53,371
California State University, FullertonD1CA367$52,832
California State University, San BernardinoD2CA332$49,287
University of California, RiversideD1CA325$53,798
California State University, SacramentoD1CA301$58,159
California State University, San MarcosD2CA295$51,480
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA294$78,070
University of California, DavisD1CA287$59,319
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA277$53,402
California State University, Dominguez HillsD2CA224$50,994
University of WashingtonD1WA219$67,391
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityD1VA211$53,098
California State University, East BayD2CA186$61,001
San Jose State UniversityD1CA177$73,771
Hunter CollegeD3NY175$61,050
Queens College (New York)D2NY170$59,743
San Diego State UniversityD1CA169$50,363
Texas A&M University, College StationD1TX161$56,269
California State University, ChicoD2CA158$46,999
Lehman CollegeD3NY158$52,108
San Francisco State UniversityD2CA157$61,399
Michigan State UniversityD1MI152$60,828
University of California, San DiegoD1CA150$60,237
University at AlbanyD1NY149$53,268
Louisiana State UniversityD1LA147$50,458
University of North Carolina at PembrokeD2NC146$43,822
California State University, FresnoD1CA145$45,384
Colorado State UniversityD1CO145$56,681
California State University, StanislausD2CA143$49,633
University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkD1NY141$56,006
University of FloridaD1FL136$51,030
Purdue UniversityD1IN136$53,174
University of Texas at AustinD1TX135$60,618
California State University, BakersfieldD1CA134$56,392
University of MichiganD1MI134$64,923
University of Massachusetts, AmherstD1MA132$53,702
Stony Brook UniversityD1NY115$63,549
University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleD1TN111$49,839
University of UtahD1UT106$52,418
Western Washington UniversityD2WA106$48,943
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI106$60,766
State University of New York at New PaltzD3NY103$51,979
The University of North Carolina at GreensboroD1NC103$43,912
University of OregonD1OR100$53,713
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesD1MN97$52,443
Georgia State UniversityD1GA95$43,927
University of GeorgiaD1GA94$54,538
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ92$49,636
Florida State UniversityD1FL89$49,700
University of OklahomaD1OK88$52,753
University of Central FloridaD1FL85$46,721
The University of North Carolina at CharlotteD1NC84$46,040
The Ohio State UniversityD1OH84$52,440
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL82$61,548
Texas Tech UniversityD1TX82$52,686
Florida Atlantic UniversityD1FL81$49,360
University of Arkansas, FayettevilleD1AR77$51,122
University of Texas at San AntonioD1TX77$44,427
Southern Connecticut State UniversityD2CT74$50,533
Central Washington UniversityD2WA74$57,042
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT73$64,510
Utah State UniversityD1UT73$40,750
Kennesaw State UniversityD1GA71$46,359
University of Illinois ChicagoD1IL70$52,284
Columbia University-Barnard CollegeD1NY70$93,017
University of VirginiaD1VA69$68,316
University of ConnecticutD1CT68$60,962
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC67$57,345
California Polytechnic State UniversityD1CA66$75,585
Illinois State UniversityD1IL64$54,799
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD63$60,642
Fordham UniversityD1NY62$66,658
Ohio UniversityD1OH62$49,966
University of South FloridaD1FL61$48,972
Oregon State UniversityD1OR61$52,350
Coastal Carolina UniversityD1SC60$44,757
Tennessee Technological UniversityD1TN58$43,101
Texas State UniversityD1TX58$50,392
Norfolk State UniversityD1VA56n/a
Bridgewater State UniversityD3MA55$48,932
University of MontanaD1MT55$45,532
New York UniversityD3NY55$73,086
Syracuse UniversityD1NY55$72,358
Clemson UniversityD1SC55$52,266
Boston CollegeD1MA53$83,459
University of Nevada, Las VegasD1NV53$53,539
Fayetteville State UniversityD2NC53$40,617
University of Central OklahomaD2OK53$47,138
Portland State UniversityD1OR53$46,213
College of the Holy CrossD1MA52$68,340
University of Massachusetts BostonD3MA51$55,944
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ51$52,960
Kean UniversityD3NJ50$44,762
University of ArizonaD1AZ49$48,571
Florida International UniversityD1FL49$48,741
Oklahoma State UniversityD1OK49$45,997
University of HoustonD1TX49$56,477
Christopher Newport UniversityD3VA48$58,418
Boston UniversityD1MA47$71,736
Tufts UniversityD3MA47$61,719
William Paterson University of New JerseyD3NJ47$52,509
Cornell UniversityD1NY47$65,655
Rowan UniversityD3NJ46$53,424
North Carolina State UniversityD1NC46$52,142
University of DelawareD1DE45$60,435
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO45$51,854
Texas Woman's UniversityD2TX45$50,004
Lamar UniversityD1TX44$44,286
University of West GeorgiaD1GA43$41,213
College of Charleston (South Carolina)D1SC43$47,690
University of North TexasD1TX43$56,174
University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointD3WI43$48,344
Loyola Marymount UniversityD1CA42$65,669
Emory UniversityD3GA42$65,354
Northwestern UniversityD1IL42$57,736
Duke UniversityD1NC42$75,020
East Carolina UniversityD1NC42$48,880
University of Notre DameD1IN40$88,792