Earnings four years after a bachelor's degree, divided by federal loan debt
Median across bachelor's programs at public four-year colleges, by field of study. Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition. Source reporting year 2025.
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
- 4.58×
- $90,070 earnings · $19,500 debt · 488 programs
- Engineering
- 4.56×
- $93,886 earnings · $20,500 debt · 1,000 programs
- Mathematics and Statistics
- 4.24×
- $72,843 earnings · $18,337 debt · 184 programs
- Transportation and Materials Moving
- 4.20×
- $85,654 earnings · $20,500 debt · 34 programs
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
- 4.02×
- $83,435 earnings · $21,338 debt · 176 programs
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
- 3.67×
- $69,210 earnings · $19,450 debt · 1,675 programs
- Health Professions and Related Programs
- 3.54×
- $67,676 earnings · $19,500 debt · 1,048 programs
- Physical Sciences
- 3.43×
- $67,324 earnings · $19,443 debt · 218 programs
- Philosophy and Religious Studies
- 3.14×
- $58,891 earnings · $18,000 debt · 39 programs
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- 3.03×
- $58,119 earnings · $19,500 debt · 684 programs
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- 3.03×
- $54,298 earnings · $18,702 debt · 136 programs
- Social Sciences
- 3.02×
- $56,457 earnings · $19,249 debt · 917 programs
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- 3.01×
- $57,116 earnings · $18,750 debt · 259 programs
- Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields
- 3.01×
- $53,934 earnings · $18,869 debt · 211 programs
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
- 2.98×
- $54,428 earnings · $17,923 debt · 72 programs
- Architecture and Related Services
- 2.92×
- $65,146 earnings · $21,500 debt · 88 programs
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
- 2.80×
- $54,378 earnings · $19,500 debt · 542 programs
- Natural Resources and Conservation
- 2.79×
- $53,886 earnings · $19,109 debt · 202 programs
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services
- 2.78×
- $54,633 earnings · $20,176 debt · 310 programs
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology
- 2.75×
- $53,313 earnings · $19,500 debt · 316 programs
- History
- 2.57×
- $50,386 earnings · $19,500 debt · 250 programs
- Psychology
- 2.56×
- $49,569 earnings · $19,500 debt · 464 programs
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
- 2.53×
- $50,921 earnings · $20,219 debt · 189 programs
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions
- 2.51×
- $52,451 earnings · $20,500 debt · 322 programs
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- 2.51×
- $50,949 earnings · $20,250 debt · 235 programs
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- 2.48×
- $47,753 earnings · $19,500 debt · 335 programs
- Education
- 2.36×
- $49,202 earnings · $20,608 debt · 614 programs
- Visual and Performing Arts
- 2.11×
- $43,275 earnings · $21,141 debt · 734 programs
Source: CollegesRef analysis of College Scorecard data