| | Major | Expected Salary | Unemployment Percent | 25th % Earnings | Median Earnings | 75th % Earnings | Popularity |
| 1 | PETROLEUM ENGINEERING | 121412 | 4.4 | 83000 | 127000 | 178000 | 138 |
| 2 | PHARMACY PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND ADMINISTRATION | 101640 | 3.2 | 78000 | 105000 | 121000 | 53 |
| 3 | MINING AND MINERAL ENGINEERING | 96657 | 4.3 | 71000 | 101000 | 121000 | 162 |
| 4 | NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING | 94368 | 1.7 | 60000 | 96000 | 117000 | 145 |
| 5 | NUCLEAR ENGINEERING | 92064 | 4.1 | 65000 | 96000 | 138000 | 149 |
| 6 | MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE | 87815 | 3.5 | 55000 | 91000 | 151000 | 158 |
| 7 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 82732 | 3.8 | 60000 | 86000 | 117000 | 49 |
| 8 | METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING | 82646 | 3.9 | 50000 | 86000 | 110000 | 152 |
| 9 | ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING | 81700 | 5.0 | 60000 | 86000 | 111000 | 17 |
| 10 | ACTUARIAL SCIENCE | 81000 | 0.0 | 52000 | 81000 | 116000 | 150 |
| 11 | AEROSPACE ENGINEERING | 80976 | 3.6 | 60000 | 84000 | 111000 | 105 |
| 12 | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 77922 | 3.8 | 60000 | 81000 | 106000 | 23 |
| 13 | MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE | 77532 | 7.7 | 57000 | 84000 | 105000 | 136 |
| 14 | MATERIALS SCIENCE | 77193 | 4.7 | 65000 | 81000 | 106000 | 161 |
| 15 | MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES | 76626 | 10.9 | 81000 | 86000 | 126000 | 173 |
| 16 | COMPUTER ENGINEERING | 75330 | 7.0 | 58000 | 81000 | 102000 | 47 |
| 17 | GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | 73000 | 0.0 | 56000 | 73000 | 101000 | 166 |
| 18 | COMPUTER SCIENCE | 72688 | 5.6 | 50000 | 77000 | 102000 | 10 |
| 19 | CIVIL ENGINEERING | 72276 | 4.9 | 55000 | 76000 | 101000 | 32 |
| 20 | INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING | 70800 | 5.6 | 50000 | 75000 | 100000 | 59 |
| 21 | STATISTICS AND DECISION SCIENCE | 70756 | 6.9 | 50000 | 76000 | 108000 | 128 |
| 22 | GENERAL ENGINEERING | 68693 | 5.9 | 47000 | 73000 | 101000 | 24 |
| 23 | APPLIED MATHEMATICS | 68089 | 4.1 | 52000 | 71000 | 100000 | 131 |
| 24 | MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND STATISTICS | 68018 | 4.2 | 47000 | 71000 | 96000 | 44 |
| 25 | BUSINESS ECONOMICS | 67450 | 5.0 | 44000 | 71000 | 101000 | 80 |
| 26 | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND METEOROLOGY | 66912 | 1.6 | 40000 | 68000 | 101000 | 146 |
| 27 | ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING | 66882 | 5.8 | 50000 | 71000 | 96000 | 140 |
| 28 | INFORMATION SCIENCES | 66811 | 5.9 | 48000 | 71000 | 95000 | 69 |
| 29 | FOOD SCIENCE | 66101 | 6.9 | 34000 | 71000 | 101000 | 129 |
| 30 | GENETICS | 65746 | 7.4 | 33000 | 71000 | 99000 | 163 |
| 31 | MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING | 65746 | 7.4 | 42000 | 71000 | 91000 | 106 |
| 32 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 65526 | 2.2 | 54000 | 67000 | 90000 | 144 |
| 33 | TRANSPORTATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES | 65008 | 4.4 | 42000 | 68000 | 98000 | 56 |
| 34 | EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION | 65000 | 0.0 | 41000 | 65000 | 89000 | 171 |
| 35 | PHYSICS | 64940 | 4.5 | 39000 | 68000 | 101000 | 70 |
| 36 | INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES | 64923 | 3.1 | 46000 | 67000 | 91000 | 82 |
| 37 | ECONOMICS | 64653 | 6.3 | 42000 | 69000 | 108000 | 16 |
| 38 | ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT | 64468 | 9.2 | 50000 | 71000 | 98000 | 127 |
| 39 | BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | 63988 | 5.9 | 45000 | 68000 | 101000 | 137 |
| 40 | PUBLIC POLICY | 63570 | 2.2 | 47000 | 65000 | 101000 | 141 |
| 41 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS PHYSICS AND SCIENCE | 62645 | 6.5 | 40000 | 67000 | 101000 | 132 |
| 42 | NUCLEAR INDUSTRIAL RADIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES | 62592 | 2.2 | 47000 | 64000 | 81000 | 142 |
| 43 | FINANCE | 62075 | 4.5 | 44000 | 65000 | 101000 | 12 |
| 44 | ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS | 62000 | 0.0 | 56000 | 62000 | 101000 | 170 |
| 45 | OPERATIONS LOGISTICS AND E-COMMERCE | 61945 | 4.7 | 45000 | 65000 | 97000 | 102 |
| 46 | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES | 61490 | 5.4 | 49000 | 65000 | 101000 | 76 |
| 47 | ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY | 61425 | 5.5 | 42000 | 65000 | 91000 | 65 |
| 48 | MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES | 61100 | 6.0 | 45000 | 65000 | 91000 | 88 |
| 49 | SOIL SCIENCE | 60864 | 4.9 | 43000 | 64000 | 81000 | 165 |
| 50 | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RELATED TECHNOLOGIES | 60710 | 6.6 | 38000 | 65000 | 87000 | 123 |
| 51 | TREATMENT THERAPY PROFESSIONS | 60388 | 2.6 | 40000 | 62000 | 81000 | 34 |
| 52 | PHARMACOLOGY | 60000 | 0.0 | 48000 | 60000 | 101000 | 169 |
| 53 | MATHEMATICS | 59850 | 5.0 | 42000 | 63000 | 95000 | 28 |
| 54 | NURSING | 58680 | 2.2 | 48000 | 60000 | 80000 | 4 |
| 55 | COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 58528 | 5.6 | 44000 | 62000 | 86000 | 31 |
| 56 | ACCOUNTING | 57706 | 5.4 | 41000 | 61000 | 94000 | 3 |
| 57 | MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES TECHNICIANS | 57188 | 1.4 | 44000 | 58000 | 74000 | 51 |
| 58 | HEALTH AND MEDICAL PREPARATORY PROGRAMS | 56880 | 5.2 | 40000 | 60000 | 86000 | 130 |
| 59 | MICROBIOLOGY | 56880 | 5.2 | 40000 | 60000 | 86000 | 94 |
| 60 | ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES | 56820 | 5.3 | 40000 | 60000 | 91000 | 117 |
| 61 | GEOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE | 56580 | 5.7 | 41000 | 60000 | 93000 | 73 |
| 62 | AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 56259 | 1.3 | 30000 | 57000 | 99000 | 122 |
| 63 | CHEMISTRY | 55991 | 5.1 | 39000 | 59000 | 85000 | 36 |
| 64 | BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | 55920 | 6.8 | 39000 | 60000 | 94000 | 126 |
| 65 | GENERAL BUSINESS | 55873 | 5.3 | 38000 | 59000 | 91000 | 2 |
| 66 | INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 55552 | 10.4 | 45000 | 62000 | 81000 | 135 |
| 67 | MARKETING AND MARKETING RESEARCH | 55519 | 5.9 | 40000 | 59000 | 90000 | 6 |
| 68 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 53694 | 5.8 | 40000 | 57000 | 93000 | 79 |
| 69 | ARCHITECTURE | 53640 | 10.6 | 37000 | 60000 | 85000 | 33 |
| 70 | POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT | 53580 | 6.0 | 38000 | 57000 | 91000 | 15 |
| 71 | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION | 52640 | 6.0 | 38000 | 56000 | 85000 | 1 |
| 72 | MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OR GENERAL SCIENCE | 52470 | 4.6 | 36000 | 55000 | 81000 | 26 |
| 73 | COURT REPORTING | 52305 | 4.9 | 36000 | 55000 | 81000 | 151 |
| 74 | COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND DATA PROCESSING | 51590 | 6.2 | 39000 | 55000 | 84000 | 121 |
| 75 | HUMAN RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT | 51370 | 6.6 | 40000 | 55000 | 85000 | 40 |
| 76 | ZOOLOGY | 51315 | 6.7 | 33000 | 55000 | 81000 | 119 |
| 77 | GEOGRAPHY | 50706 | 6.1 | 40000 | 54000 | 81000 | 62 |
| 78 | GEOSCIENCES | 50336 | 3.2 | 36000 | 52000 | 71000 | 153 |
| 79 | COMPUTER NETWORKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | 50244 | 5.2 | 35000 | 53000 | 76000 | 97 |
| 80 | MISCELLANEOUS SOCIAL SCIENCES | 50024 | 3.8 | 38000 | 52000 | 85000 | 143 |
| 81 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 49725 | 2.5 | 36000 | 51000 | 68000 | 157 |
| 82 | MEDICAL ASSISTING SERVICES | 49521 | 2.9 | 34000 | 51000 | 71000 | 95 |
| 83 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | 49400 | 5.0 | 40000 | 52000 | 76000 | 60 |
| 84 | MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS & MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION | 49244 | 5.3 | 35000 | 52000 | 81000 | 64 |
| 85 | HEALTH AND MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES | 48807 | 4.3 | 36000 | 51000 | 76000 | 63 |
| 86 | FORESTRY | 48450 | 3.1 | 38000 | 50000 | 73000 | 104 |
| 87 | OCEANOGRAPHY | 48350 | 3.3 | 40000 | 50000 | 79000 | 148 |
| 88 | NEUROSCIENCE | 48256 | 7.2 | 34000 | 52000 | 76000 | 154 |
| 89 | BIOLOGY | 48144 | 5.6 | 35000 | 51000 | 76000 | 14 |
| 90 | NUTRITION SCIENCES | 47736 | 6.4 | 35000 | 51000 | 71000 | 101 |
| 91 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FIRE PROTECTION | 47650 | 4.7 | 36000 | 50000 | 73000 | 13 |
| 92 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | 47580 | 8.5 | 38000 | 52000 | 87000 | 72 |
| 93 | CRIMINOLOGY | 47400 | 5.2 | 35000 | 50000 | 71000 | 92 |
| 94 | MISCELLANEOUS BIOLOGY | 47350 | 5.3 | 31000 | 50000 | 69000 | 125 |
| 95 | MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 47350 | 5.3 | 32000 | 50000 | 76000 | 124 |
| 96 | GENERAL MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES | 47100 | 5.8 | 35000 | 50000 | 71000 | 74 |
| 97 | COMPUTER ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY | 47060 | 9.5 | 39000 | 52000 | 75000 | 114 |
| 98 | ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS | 46950 | 6.1 | 36000 | 50000 | 74000 | 41 |
| 99 | COMMUNICATIONS | 46850 | 6.3 | 35000 | 50000 | 81000 | 7 |
| 100 | HISTORY | 46750 | 6.5 | 34000 | 50000 | 81000 | 18 |
| 101 | INTERCULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES | 46700 | 6.6 | 32000 | 50000 | 71000 | 100 |
| 102 | COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES | 46650 | 6.7 | 33000 | 50000 | 73000 | 89 |
| 103 | AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT | 46560 | 3.0 | 32000 | 48000 | 71000 | 75 |
| 104 | NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | 46550 | 6.9 | 36000 | 50000 | 71000 | 78 |
| 105 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 46550 | 6.9 | 36000 | 50000 | 78000 | 112 |
| 106 | JOURNALISM | 46500 | 7.0 | 34000 | 50000 | 79000 | 25 |
| 107 | HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT | 46158 | 5.8 | 32000 | 49000 | 71000 | 38 |
| 108 | GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES | 45900 | 8.2 | 34000 | 50000 | 74000 | 68 |
| 109 | PHYSIOLOGY | 45792 | 4.6 | 30000 | 48000 | 68000 | 113 |
| 110 | AREA ETHNIC AND CIVILIZATION STUDIES | 45264 | 5.7 | 34000 | 48000 | 76000 | 66 |
| 111 | FRENCH GERMAN LATIN AND OTHER COMMON FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES | 45168 | 5.9 | 32000 | 48000 | 67000 | 43 |
| 112 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 44784 | 6.7 | 32000 | 48000 | 75000 | 11 |
| 113 | SCIENCE AND COMPUTER TEACHER EDUCATION | 44650 | 5.0 | 36000 | 47000 | 58000 | 116 |
| 114 | BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES | 44592 | 7.1 | 30000 | 48000 | 80000 | 87 |
| 115 | LIBERAL ARTS | 44352 | 7.6 | 32000 | 48000 | 71000 | 20 |
| 116 | MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURE | 44298 | 3.7 | 31000 | 46000 | 67000 | 160 |
| 117 | MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATION | 44298 | 3.7 | 33000 | 46000 | 65000 | 61 |
| 118 | COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 44114 | 4.1 | 31000 | 46000 | 70000 | 110 |
| 119 | PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHING | 43930 | 4.5 | 34000 | 46000 | 59000 | 39 |
| 120 | SOCIAL SCIENCE OR HISTORY TEACHER EDUCATION | 43650 | 3.0 | 35000 | 45000 | 58000 | 83 |
| 121 | MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH MEDICAL PROFESSIONS | 43515 | 3.3 | 35000 | 45000 | 62000 | 93 |
| 122 | PHYSICAL FITNESS PARKS RECREATION AND LEISURE | 42840 | 4.8 | 33000 | 45000 | 61000 | 27 |
| 123 | MASS MEDIA | 42826 | 6.9 | 32000 | 46000 | 69000 | 35 |
| 124 | GENERAL AGRICULTURE | 42680 | 3.0 | 28000 | 44000 | 68000 | 71 |
| 125 | MUSIC | 42660 | 5.2 | 30000 | 45000 | 67000 | 37 |
| 126 | UNITED STATES HISTORY | 42450 | 15.1 | 30000 | 50000 | 96000 | 139 |
| 127 | OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGES | 42120 | 6.4 | 32000 | 45000 | 76000 | 111 |
| 128 | ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM | 41895 | 6.9 | 33000 | 45000 | 71000 | 81 |
| 129 | SOCIOLOGY | 41850 | 7.0 | 33000 | 45000 | 67000 | 19 |
| 130 | FILM VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS | 41715 | 7.3 | 30000 | 45000 | 71000 | 54 |
| 131 | PRE-LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES | 41445 | 7.9 | 32000 | 45000 | 69000 | 91 |
| 132 | SECONDARY TEACHER EDUCATION | 41366 | 3.8 | 35000 | 43000 | 59000 | 57 |
| 133 | COMMERCIAL ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN | 41355 | 8.1 | 31000 | 45000 | 69000 | 21 |
| 134 | HUMANITIES | 41220 | 8.4 | 30000 | 45000 | 62000 | 118 |
| 135 | COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND BIOPSYCHOLOGY | 41065 | 4.5 | 36000 | 43000 | 91000 | 167 |
| 136 | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 41040 | 8.8 | 32000 | 45000 | 60000 | 155 |
| 137 | PLANT SCIENCE AND AGRONOMY | 40866 | 2.7 | 28000 | 42000 | 71000 | 85 |
| 138 | ECOLOGY | 40764 | 5.2 | 31000 | 43000 | 60000 | 109 |
| 139 | FINE ARTS | 40744 | 7.4 | 28000 | 44000 | 65000 | 22 |
| 140 | MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION | 40572 | 3.4 | 34000 | 42000 | 56000 | 108 |
| 141 | SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION | 40488 | 3.6 | 34000 | 42000 | 50000 | 52 |
| 142 | PSYCHOLOGY | 40377 | 6.1 | 30000 | 43000 | 65000 | 5 |
| 143 | MISCELLANEOUS PSYCHOLOGY | 40365 | 10.3 | 30000 | 45000 | 71000 | 120 |
| 144 | ELECTRICAL AND MECHANIC REPAIRS AND TECHNOLOGIES | 40304 | 8.4 | 30000 | 44000 | 68000 | 134 |
| 145 | MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES | 39690 | 5.5 | 34000 | 42000 | 50000 | 107 |
| 146 | COMMUNICATION DISORDERS SCIENCES AND SERVICES | 39647 | 3.3 | 32000 | 41000 | 50000 | 98 |
| 147 | LINGUISTICS AND COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 39512 | 10.2 | 30000 | 44000 | 70000 | 90 |
| 148 | ART AND MUSIC EDUCATION | 39278 | 4.2 | 32000 | 41000 | 51000 | 48 |
| 149 | GENERAL EDUCATION | 39278 | 4.2 | 31000 | 41000 | 53000 | 9 |
| 150 | PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES | 38976 | 7.2 | 30000 | 42000 | 65000 | 42 |
| 151 | LANGUAGE AND DRAMA EDUCATION | 38950 | 5.0 | 32000 | 41000 | 50000 | 58 |
| 152 | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION | 38560 | 3.6 | 32000 | 40000 | 49000 | 8 |
| 153 | COSMETOLOGY SERVICES AND CULINARY ARTS | 38007 | 7.3 | 26000 | 41000 | 60000 | 115 |
| 154 | FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES | 37960 | 5.1 | 30000 | 40000 | 58000 | 29 |
| 155 | ANIMAL SCIENCES | 37720 | 5.7 | 26000 | 40000 | 60000 | 67 |
| 156 | TEACHER EDUCATION: MULTIPLE LEVELS | 37582 | 1.1 | 30000 | 38000 | 48000 | 86 |
| 157 | INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL SCIENCES | 37480 | 6.3 | 31000 | 40000 | 50000 | 96 |
| 158 | ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY | 37240 | 6.9 | 30000 | 40000 | 60000 | 55 |
| 159 | BOTANY | 37240 | 6.9 | 26000 | 40000 | 55000 | 147 |
| 160 | DRAMA AND THEATER ARTS | 37160 | 7.1 | 28000 | 40000 | 60000 | 45 |
| 161 | COMPOSITION AND SPEECH | 36920 | 7.7 | 30000 | 40000 | 61000 | 99 |
| 162 | THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS | 36442 | 4.1 | 25000 | 38000 | 54000 | 46 |
| 163 | SOCIAL WORK | 36348 | 6.8 | 30000 | 39000 | 51000 | 30 |
| 164 | EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 35483 | 4.1 | 28000 | 37000 | 45000 | 50 |
| 165 | HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION | 35378 | 6.9 | 29000 | 38000 | 50000 | 77 |
| 166 | STUDIO ARTS | 34040 | 8.0 | 25000 | 37000 | 57000 | 84 |
| 167 | MISCELLANEOUS FINE ARTS | 33520 | 16.2 | 26000 | 40000 | 49000 | 164 |
| 168 | VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS | 32688 | 9.2 | 20000 | 36000 | 52000 | 103 |
| 169 | COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY | 32232 | 5.2 | 23000 | 34000 | 42000 | 133 |
| 170 | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 32200 | 19.5 | 25000 | 40000 | 61000 | 168 |
| 171 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 31185 | 10.9 | 28000 | 35000 | 51000 | 156 |
| 172 | LIBRARY SCIENCE | 30600 | 15.0 | 23000 | 36000 | 49000 | 159 |
| 173 | SCHOOL STUDENT COUNSELING | 20000 | 0.0 | 18000 | 20000 | 42000 | 172 |