Highest-paying college majors

Bachelor's degree majors ranked by the median earnings of graduates, measured up to four years after finishing.

#	Major	Median earnings	Programs
1	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	$121,958	31
2	Systems Engineering	$110,810	12
3	Computer Engineering	$104,511	202
4	Petroleum Engineering	$102,500	20
5	Construction Engineering	$100,892	14
6	Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	$98,042	279
7	Industrial Engineering	$97,732	99
8	Computer Science	$96,748	382
9	Chemical Engineering	$96,518	162
10	Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	$96,300	60
11	Mathematics and Statistics, Other	$95,179	10
12	Nuclear Engineering	$94,365	13
13	Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$93,229	129
14	Construction Management	$93,156	60
15	Engineering, Other	$92,653	21
16	Materials Engineering	$91,397	36
17	Mechanical Engineering	$90,768	331
18	Engineering-Related Fields	$90,275	36
19	Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	$89,913	47
20	Engineering Science	$88,948	11
21	Engineering, General	$88,063	61
22	Manufacturing Engineering	$88,061	16
23	Architectural Engineering	$87,298	16
24	Engineering Physics	$86,713	11
25	Applied Mathematics	$86,595	49

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Ranked on one number: the median of program-level median earnings for that major. Majors need at least 10 programs with reported earnings to appear, so small or heavily suppressed fields are excluded rather than shown on thin data.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10). Earnings are median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing, and describe past graduates rather than a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.