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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

Education

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education graduates with a master's typically earned about $70,814, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Master's median $70,814, $63,438 to $82,687.$63k$73k$83kMaster's$70,814
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Master's median $70,814, $63,438 to $82,687.$63k$73k$83kMaster's$70,814
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Master's Degree$70,814$63,438 to $82,68711100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth -0% (2025 to 2035), about 293,200 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,970-0.4%87,500
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$38,140+4.5%66,700
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$72,040-0.2%63,500
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,370-0.4%38,800
Teachers and Instructors, All Other$66,140-0.2%15,700
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$62,680-0.3%11,900

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural education program, of 115 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.