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Business and management

104,311 degrees a year, across 593 colleges

$42,563 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 596 colleges

Psychology

96,676 degrees a year, across 596 colleges

$28,529 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 406 colleges

Nursing

75,778 degrees a year, across 406 colleges

$63,536 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 683 colleges

General biology

71,959 degrees a year, across 683 colleges

$27,289 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 424 colleges

Finance

42,751 degrees a year, across 424 colleges

$48,590 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 423 colleges

Computer Science

40,037 degrees a year, across 423 colleges

$64,782 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 424 colleges

Marketing

39,036 degrees a year, across 424 colleges

$41,952 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field 543 colleges

Communication and media

38,868 degrees a year, across 543 colleges

$33,114 median earnings 1 year after completing the program Explore this field

Field groupAgricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields16 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Animal Sciences	$29,345	82,600	77	Mostly seated, on your own
Agricultural Business and Management	$43,312	348,600	83	Mostly seated, on your own
Plant Sciences	$35,464	86,200	67	Mostly seated, on your own
Agriculture, General	$35,692	6,200	54	Mostly seated, on your own
Food Science and Technology	$46,124	112,500	55	Split
Agricultural Public Services	$37,362	10,800	27	Mostly seated, on your own
Agricultural Production Operations	$33,073	111,000	34	Split
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	·	2,800	11	Mostly seated, on your own
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	$35,444	372,000	22	Split
Veterinary technology	·	61,500	14	Split
Agricultural Mechanization	$51,141	49,000	13	Mostly in person
Soil Sciences	·	6,500	16	Mostly seated, on your own
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services	·	78,100	6	Mostly in person
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	·	28,200	4	Mostly seated, on your own
International Agriculture	·	1,800	4	Mostly seated, on your own
Agricultural and Food Products Processing	·	13,500	3	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupArchitecture and Related Services8 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Architecture	$44,168	22,500	77	Mostly seated, on your own
Architectural Sciences and Technology	$48,001	24,700	58	Mostly seated, on your own
Urban and regional planning	$39,577	20,100	38	Mostly seated, on your own
Landscape Architecture	$46,569	17,300	34	Mostly seated, on your own
Interior Architecture	$36,511	23,300	26	Mostly seated, on your own
Environmental Design	$34,307	35,100	19	Mostly seated, on your own
Real Estate Development	·	81,800	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation	·	7,900	16	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupArea, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies3 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Ethnic, cultural and gender studies	$28,971	7,000	337	Mostly seated, on your own
Area Studies	$30,421	1,000	275	Mostly seated, on your own
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other	·	1,000	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupBiological and Biomedical Sciences14 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
General biology	$27,289	110,600	683	Split
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$28,675	38,100	208	Mostly seated, on your own
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$30,485	45,500	405	Mostly seated, on your own
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	$25,717	57,900	85	Mostly seated, on your own
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	$29,218	68,200	58	Mostly seated, on your own
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$26,034	70,300	142	Mostly seated, on your own
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$32,924	130,600	84	Mostly seated, on your own
Zoology/Animal Biology	$24,267	29,000	54	Mostly seated, on your own
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	$26,833	18,600	21	Mostly seated, on your own
Biotechnology	$36,713	18,200	54	Mostly seated, on your own
Genetics	$33,038	38,400	23	Mostly seated, on your own
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	·	123,800	54	Mostly seated, on your own
Botany/Plant Biology	·	19,600	30	Mostly seated, on your own
Pharmacology and Toxicology	·	88,200	12	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupBusiness, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services21 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Business and management	$42,563	1,645,100	593	Mostly seated, on your own
Finance	$48,590	561,000	424	Mostly seated, on your own
Marketing	$41,952	195,800	424	Mostly seated, on your own
Accounting	$48,419	401,700	511	Mostly seated, on your own
Business, general	$42,524	794,900	144	Mostly seated, on your own
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$53,913	457,600	192	Mostly seated, on your own
Human Resources Management and Services	$43,409	238,100	166	Mostly seated, on your own
Management Information Systems and Services	$52,090	65,000	159	Mostly seated, on your own
Hospitality Administration/Management	$36,706	292,800	160	Mostly seated, on your own
International Business	$45,016	410,400	204	Mostly seated, on your own
Business/Managerial Economics	$45,987	101,600	146	Mostly seated, on your own
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	$40,221	414,600	160	Mostly seated, on your own
Construction Management	$65,420	133,800	57	Mostly seated, on your own
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations	$49,591	450,100	39	Mostly seated, on your own
Real Estate	$52,848	77,300	47	Mostly seated, on your own
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	$37,771	453,000	41	Mostly seated, on your own
Insurance	$52,852	89,700	33	Mostly seated, on your own
Business/Corporate Communications	$41,517	76,900	14	Mostly seated, on your own
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services	·	1,185,600	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Telecommunications Management	·	162,000	1	Mostly seated, on your own
Taxation	·	133,600	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupCommunication, Journalism, and Related Programs6 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Communication and media	$33,114	72,400	543	Mostly seated, on your own
Public relations and advertising	$37,125	151,700	217	Mostly seated, on your own
Broadcast and digital media	$28,127	134,200	175	Mostly seated, on your own
Journalism	$31,908	42,500	231	Mostly seated, on your own
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	$34,758	22,200	22	Mostly seated, on your own
Publishing	·	7,900	3	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupCommunications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services3 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Graphic Communications	$32,608	27,200	58	Split
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	$25,436	18,900	27	Mostly seated, on your own
Communications Technologies/Technicians	·	7,700	6	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupComputer and Information Sciences and Support Services9 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Computer Science	$64,782	262,400	423	Mostly seated, on your own
Computing, general	$57,309	302,900	412	Mostly seated, on your own
Information Science/Studies	$50,680	194,100	127	Mostly seated, on your own
IT administration and management	$56,640	364,500	147	Mostly seated, on your own
Computer Software and Media Applications	$35,326	233,100	74	Mostly seated, on your own
Computer Programming	$47,383	136,200	31	Mostly seated, on your own
Networking and telecommunications	$51,295	228,800	18	Mostly seated, on your own
Computer Systems Analysis	$61,260	69,300	17	Mostly seated, on your own
Data Processing	·	27,000	4	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupConstruction Trades1 field

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection	·	364,600	5	Mostly in person

Field groupCulinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services2 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Culinary Arts and Related Services	·	718,800	9	Mostly in person
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	$40,434	6,800	6	Split

Field groupEducation13 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Teaching, by grade level	$37,079	401,700	476	Mostly in person
Teaching, by subject	$37,508	413,400	390	Mostly in person
Special Education and Teaching	$39,276	32,000	229	Split
Education, General	$34,838	5,300	136	Mostly seated, on your own
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	·	122,700	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Education, Other	$29,499	21,000	34	Mostly seated, on your own
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	·	5,300	10	Mostly seated, on your own
Educational Administration and Supervision	·	48,300	10	Mostly seated, on your own
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	·	272,200	22	Mostly in person
Bilingual and multicultural education	·	293,200	13	Mostly in person
Educational/Instructional Media Design	·	81,700	6	Mostly seated, on your own
Curriculum and Instruction	·	28,400	1	Mostly seated, on your own
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	·	44,300	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupEngineering41 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Mechanical Engineering	$65,146	58,000	314	Mostly seated, on your own
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	$69,655	51,800	311	Mostly seated, on your own
Civil Engineering	$61,387	53,900	254	Mostly seated, on your own
Computer Engineering	$70,204	142,400	255	Mostly seated, on your own
Chemical Engineering	$66,610	29,900	163	Mostly seated, on your own
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$54,181	20,000	170	Mostly seated, on your own
Aerospace engineering	$65,199	25,400	69	Mostly seated, on your own
Industrial Engineering	$66,979	58,900	103	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering, General	$62,496	27,600	111	Mostly seated, on your own
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	$55,990	22,300	102	Mostly seated, on your own
Materials Engineering	$66,265	37,700	57	Mostly seated, on your own
Agricultural Engineering	$59,810	18,900	30	Mostly seated, on your own
Architectural Engineering	$64,188	28,300	26	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering, Other	$61,803	28,800	38	Mostly seated, on your own
Construction Engineering	$68,843	67,900	26	Mostly seated, on your own
Systems Engineering	$67,120	54,600	23	Mostly seated, on your own
Electrical and Computer Engineering	·	43,100	18	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering Physics	$58,469	38,100	71	Mostly seated, on your own
Petroleum Engineering	$78,626	19,800	21	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering Science	$59,857	27,600	27	Mostly seated, on your own
Manufacturing Engineering	$65,857	68,300	23	Mostly seated, on your own
Operations Research	·	20,600	10	Mostly seated, on your own
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	·	27,600	18	Mostly seated, on your own
Nuclear Engineering	$63,891	19,600	19	Mostly seated, on your own
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	·	19,300	9	Mostly seated, on your own
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	$52,844	28,800	14	Mostly seated, on your own
Textile Sciences and Engineering	·	20,100	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Mining and Mineral Engineering	$71,308	19,100	13	Mostly seated, on your own
Ocean Engineering	·	27,600	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Metallurgical Engineering	·	20,100	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	·	27,900	13	Mostly seated, on your own
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	·	21,200	6	Mostly seated, on your own
Biochemical Engineering	·	28,700	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering Mechanics	·	45,400	4	Mostly seated, on your own
Energy Systems Engineering	·	27,600	4	Mostly seated, on your own
Forest Engineering	·	27,600	1	Mostly seated, on your own
Electromechanical Engineering	·	56,800	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Paper Science and Engineering	·	28,700	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Ceramic Sciences and Engineering	·	21,200	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Surveying Engineering	·	31,600	6	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering Chemistry	·	28,700	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupEngineering/Engineering-related Technologies/Technicians17 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	$64,858	73,400	52	Mostly seated, on your own
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	$59,901	82,700	60	Mostly in person
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	$58,123	63,800	59	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering-Related Fields	$62,902	109,200	55	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	$54,938	28,700	41	Mostly seated, on your own
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$59,118	23,400	60	Mostly seated, on your own
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	$61,310	95,300	19	Mostly seated, on your own
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$54,056	123,900	33	Mostly seated, on your own
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians	·	27,000	20	Mostly seated, on your own
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$45,068	20,600	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$58,121	7,000	13	Mostly seated, on your own
Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician	·	6,300	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians	·	18,000	8	Split
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$53,266	14,400	9	Mostly seated, on your own
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians	·	20,400	14	Mostly seated, on your own
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians	·	66,700	6	Mostly seated, on your own
Nanotechnology	·	8,800	2	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupEnglish Language and Literature/Letters4 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
English	$28,064	69,100	641	Mostly in person
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$26,533	41,100	220	Mostly seated, on your own
Literature	·	24,300	28	Mostly seated, on your own
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	$26,146	4,500	14	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupFamily and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences7 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Human development and family studies	$29,060	284,700	152	Mostly in person
Apparel and Textiles	$35,641	128,000	64	Mostly seated, on your own
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	$28,081	64,500	49	Mostly in person
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	$29,981	283,300	60	Mostly in person
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies	$31,703	18,100	17	Mostly seated, on your own
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services	$42,920	315,900	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Housing and Human Environments	$40,156	39,700	6	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupForeign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics16 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$31,690	71,100	484	Mostly in person
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$26,465	78,300	250	Mostly in person
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$27,933	71,100	122	Mostly in person
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	71,100	178	Mostly in person
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$34,643	71,100	171	Mostly in person
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	71,100	88	Mostly in person
American Sign Language	$31,687	83,600	27	Mostly in person
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	71,100	46	Mostly in person
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	·	71,100	22	Mostly in person
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	71,100	1	Mostly in person
Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	7,600	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Modern Greek Language and Literature	·	7,600	2	Mostly seated, on your own
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	7,600	1	Mostly seated, on your own
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	71,100	1	Mostly in person
Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	7,600	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	·	7,600	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupHealth Professions and Related Programs18 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Nursing	$63,536	283,800	406	Mostly in person
Public Health	$32,103	176,000	281	Mostly seated, on your own
Health sciences, general	$30,796	13,900	179	Split
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$23,994	38,000	214	Split
Health administration	$38,737	699,100	172	Mostly seated, on your own
Diagnostic and treatment professions	$52,449	118,400	171	Split
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$31,406	74,100	121	Split
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	$55,702	75,300	146	Split
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	$35,132	331,200	45	Mostly seated, on your own
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	$28,240	9,900	86	Split
Mental health services	$34,038	182,400	38	Mostly seated, on your own
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	$55,752	96,500	41	Mostly in person
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	·	240,900	7	Mostly in person
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	·	158,900	12	Mostly seated, on your own
Medical Illustration and Informatics	·	47,600	14	Mostly seated, on your own
Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education	·	96,500	2	Mostly in person
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems	·	4,900	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	·	54,900	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupHistory1 field

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
History	$29,191	179,700	658	Split

Field groupHomeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services4 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Criminal justice	$33,886	460,900	340	Split
Security Science and Technology	·	359,800	79	Mostly seated, on your own
Homeland Security	$40,678	134,700	42	Mostly seated, on your own
Fire Protection	$43,142	144,300	19	Split

Field groupLegal Professions and Studies3 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Non-Professional Legal Studies	$36,942	45,500	75	Mostly seated, on your own
Legal Support Services	$35,365	76,700	34	Mostly seated, on your own
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	·	30,500	7	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities1 field

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Liberal arts and general studies	$31,991	12,500	438	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupLibrary Science1 field

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Library Science and Administration	·	114,900	4	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupMathematics and Statistics5 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Mathematics	$43,164	103,600	645	Mostly in person
Statistics	$49,673	42,000	160	Mostly seated, on your own
Applied Mathematics	$50,312	85,900	151	Mostly seated, on your own
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	$71,732	38,200	15	Mostly seated, on your own
Applied Statistics	·	136,000	6	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupMechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians2 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians	·	75,700	1	Split
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	·	200,900	1	Mostly in person

Field groupMilitary Technologies and Applied Sciences3 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	·	19,300	18	Split
Military Systems and Maintenance Technology	·	6,500	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Military Applied Sciences	·	5,400	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies41 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
International/Globalization Studies	$29,355	1,700	201	Mostly seated, on your own
Nutrition Sciences	$29,014	54,400	87	Mostly seated, on your own
Cognitive Science	$38,243	108,400	55	Split
Biological and Physical Sciences	$30,818	85,200	61	Mostly in person
Human Biology	$30,152	23,000	19	Mostly seated, on your own
Data Science	·	204,000	67	Mostly seated, on your own
Sustainability Studies	$29,412	42,900	71	Mostly seated, on your own
Data Analytics	·	317,600	55	Mostly seated, on your own
Behavioral Sciences	$26,990	45,300	22	Mostly seated, on your own
Mathematics and Computer Science	$87,146	217,200	42	Mostly seated, on your own
Science, Technology and Society	$37,598	21,700	32	Mostly seated, on your own
Geography and Environmental Studies	·	27,600	29	Mostly seated, on your own
Natural Sciences	·	23,500	24	Mostly seated, on your own
Systems Science and Theory	$47,911	113,400	15	Mostly seated, on your own
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	$37,050	15,500	33	Mostly seated, on your own
Computational Science	·	81,300	26	Mostly seated, on your own
Marine Sciences	·	37,900	11	Mostly seated, on your own
Human Computer Interaction	·	94,900	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Classical and Ancient Studies	·	4,000	39	Mostly seated, on your own
Gerontology	$32,043	39,200	21	Mostly seated, on your own
Mathematical Economics	·	13,500	5	Mostly seated, on your own
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	·	109,400	6	Mostly seated, on your own
Biopsychology	·	30,800	6	Mostly seated, on your own
Historic Preservation and Conservation	·	130,000	9	Mostly seated, on your own
Environmental Geosciences	·	121,700	7	Split
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	·	16,200	14	Mostly seated, on your own
Economics and Computer Science	·	279,800	3	Mostly seated, on your own
Maritime Studies	·	12,800	5	Mostly seated, on your own
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	·	3,700	9	Mostly seated, on your own
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	·	1,800	18	Mostly seated, on your own
Earth Systems Science	·	75,800	3	Mostly in person
Holocaust and Related Studies	·	5,800	1	Mostly seated, on your own
Museology/Museum Studies	·	16,800	7	Mostly seated, on your own
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies	·	121,600	4	Mostly seated, on your own
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature	·	69,000	1	Mostly in person
Economics and Foreign Language/Literature	·	114,300	1	Mostly seated, on your own
History and Political Science	·	112,200	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Dispute Resolution	·	14,500	2	Mostly seated, on your own
Climate Science	·	10,900	1	Mostly seated, on your own
History and Language/Literature	·	174,800	1	Split
Linguistics and Anthropology	·	110,900	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupNatural Resources and Conservation6 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Natural resources and conservation	$30,745	52,800	463	Mostly seated, on your own
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	$24,682	3,600	42	Mostly seated, on your own
Environmental management and policy	$31,321	302,200	53	Split
Forestry	$38,479	16,300	42	Mostly seated, on your own
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	$27,857	10,500	9	Split
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other	·	100	3	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupParks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology4 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Kinesiology and physical education	$28,767	116,500	416	Mostly in person
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	$32,498	1,000	59	Mostly seated, on your own
Parks and recreation management	$31,983	477,700	63	Split
Outdoor Education	·	77,600	8	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupPhilosophy and Religious Studies4 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Philosophy	$28,698	15,000	506	Mostly seated, on your own
Religion/Religious Studies	$26,438	2,800	275	Mostly seated, on your own
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other	·	1,800	15	Mostly seated, on your own
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General	·	1,800	12	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupPhysical Sciences9 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Chemistry	$36,941	162,700	648	Split
Physics	$38,630	75,100	522	Mostly in person
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$35,802	15,300	350	Mostly seated, on your own
Astronomy and Astrophysics	·	12,500	88	Mostly seated, on your own
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	$33,650	22,000	69	Mostly seated, on your own
Physical Sciences, General	·	72,700	27	Mostly in person
Materials Sciences	·	59,900	10	Mostly seated, on your own
Physical Sciences, Other	·	23,100	11	Mostly seated, on your own
Physics and Astronomy	·	12,500	2	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupPrecision Production2 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Woodworking	·	20,100	2	Mostly in person
Precision Metal Working	·	147,500	1	Mostly in person

Field groupPsychology4 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Psychology	$28,529	117,400	596	Mostly seated, on your own
Research psychology	$30,336	193,000	131	Mostly seated, on your own
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$32,033	419,100	53	Mostly seated, on your own
Psychology, Other	·	108,100	8	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupPublic Administration and Social Service Professions5 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Social Work	$31,945	107,800	316	Mostly seated, on your own
Human Services, General	$31,018	79,000	59	Mostly seated, on your own
Public Policy Analysis	$39,057	102,000	71	Mostly seated, on your own
Public Administration	$38,151	496,500	85	Mostly seated, on your own
Community Organization and Advocacy	$33,803	42,800	17	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupScience Technologies/Technicians3 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other	$43,113	17,900	9	Mostly seated, on your own
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians	·	9,400	4	Mostly seated, on your own
Science Technologies/Technicians, General	·	12,600	4	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupSocial Sciences12 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Political science	$33,254	173,300	652	Split
Economics	$45,955	280,700	513	Split
Sociology	$30,843	108,300	579	Mostly seated, on your own
Criminology	$32,280	116,900	107	Mostly seated, on your own
Anthropology	$25,095	116,400	374	Mostly seated, on your own
International Relations and National Security Studies	$34,869	102,800	217	Mostly seated, on your own
Social Sciences, General	$32,632	303,300	115	Mostly in person
Geography and Cartography	$34,932	109,100	220	Mostly seated, on your own
Social Sciences, Other	$31,712	104,900	40	Mostly seated, on your own
Urban Studies/Affairs	$33,712	105,600	61	Mostly seated, on your own
Sociology and Anthropology	·	103,300	26	Mostly seated, on your own
Archeology	·	102,100	31	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupTheology and Religious Vocations6 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Theological and Ministerial Studies	$26,858	33,100	39	Mostly seated, on your own
Bible/Biblical Studies	·	14,800	13	Mostly seated, on your own
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	·	62,000	10	Mostly seated, on your own
Religious Music and Worship	·	31,100	12	Mostly seated, on your own
Religious Education	·	14,800	5	Mostly seated, on your own
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	·	26,900	6	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupTransportation and Materials Moving2 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Air Transportation	$44,117	56,800	54	Mostly in person
Marine Transportation	$73,797	5,400	6	Mostly seated, on your own

Field groupVisual and Performing Arts10 fields

Field	Median earnings, 1 year out	Job openings a year in related careers	Colleges	The work
Fine and studio art	$24,848	110,900	591	Split
Design	$35,919	91,000	310	Mostly seated, on your own
Music	$24,029	95,800	581	Mostly in person
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$22,293	73,000	508	Split
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$23,822	38,800	248	Mostly seated, on your own
Visual and Performing Arts, General	$23,950	55,400	116	Mostly seated, on your own
Dance	$21,801	10,200	197	Split
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	$27,150	127,600	87	Mostly seated, on your own
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	$27,170	8,000	21	Mostly seated, on your own
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry	·	10,100	1	Mostly seated, on your own

Every other field in the classification

No college covered here awards these as an undergraduate degree, so they are not in the groups above. Some are graduate or residency programs; some are awarded only at colleges outside this set.

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