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Highest Paying Education Majors

Top 50 Education college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 U. of Notre Dame General Education 18 9% $92,984 85 81% — 39% 50% 6% 0% 44% 0% 1460 1500 1540 67%
2 Ohio State Agriscience Education 64 49% $91,878 91 95% — 91% 84% 0% 3% 5% 0% 1300 1370 1440 67%
3 Northeastern Illinois Physical Education 10 62% $91,195 95 100% — 60% 20% 0% 20% 60% 0% — — — —
4 U. of California, San Diego Education Sciences 61 29% $87,720 87 92% — 7% 15% 28% 2% 48% 5% — — — —
5 U. of Texas at Arlington Education 123 81% $83,215 90 100% — 6% 24% 5% 10% 58% 2% 1010 1130 1240 82%
6 Emory Physical Education 21 10% $82,496 76 86% — 29% 29% 24% 10% 19% 5% 1480 1510 1540 68%
7 Cal State Northridge Early Childhood Education 323 88% $81,976 93 93% — 6% 10% 6% 4% 70% 2% — — — —
8 Purdue Education 12 43% $81,927 88 97% — 25% 58% 0% 17% 8% 8% 1220 1350 1470 100%
9 James Madison Elementary Education 163 69% $79,739 87 96% — 6% 87% 1% 2% 6% 0% 1180 1260 1330 19%
10 James Madison Early Childhood Education 11 69% $79,739 87 96% — 0% 73% 9% 0% 0% 9% 1180 1260 1330 19%
11 James Madison Middle School Education 11 69% $79,739 87 96% — 55% 73% 9% 9% 0% 0% 1180 1260 1330 19%
12 Trinity Washington Early Childhood Education 13 97% $79,257 89 96% — 8% 0% 8% 62% 15% 0% — — — —
13 Pace Elementary Education 17 76% $78,477 80 84% — 6% 71% 12% 6% 6% 6% 1180 1260 1340 16%
14 Pace Early Childhood Education 31 76% $78,477 80 84% — 3% 65% 0% 6% 23% 3% 1180 1260 1340 16%
15 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Education 118 42% $77,318 84 96% — 8% 92% 2% 0% 4% 0% 1200 1290 1370 100%
16 Brown Education Studies 20 6% $77,188 65 92% — 25% 25% 25% 5% 25% 10% 1470 1510 1550 100%
17 Utah State Educational Technology 46 93% $76,765 86 85% — 37% 93% 2% 0% 2% 0% 1070 1180 1290 85%
18 Utah Valley Special Education 19 100% $75,659 87 95% — 5% 89% 0% 0% 5% 5% — — — —
19 U. of Alaska - Southeast Elementary Education 15 85% $75,166 87 93% 3.0% 0% 53% 7% 0% 7% 0% — — — —
20 SUNY Old Westbury Social Studies Education 14 77% $74,823 88 93% — 64% 71% 0% 7% 14% 0% — — — —
21 U. of California, San Diego Mathematics - Secondary Education 12 29% $74,510 73 — — 67% 8% 25% 0% 25% 8% — — — —
22 Alabama A&M Elementary Education 10 38% $73,876 85 97% — 0% 10% 0% 80% 10% 0% 810 930 1040 94%
23 San Jose State Early Childhood Education 164 80% $73,351 87 90% — 9% 15% 24% 3% 48% 2% 1010 1140 1270 10%
24 Cal State Sacramento Vocational Education 25 94% $73,220 87 100% — 36% 36% 12% 8% 36% 0% — — — —
25 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Physical Education 103 41% $73,200 74 96% — 16% 69% 8% 4% 13% 2% 1400 1450 1490 41%
26 Lehigh Public Health Education 38 29% $71,705 56 — — 11% 61% 8% 13% 8% 5% 1380 1430 1480 43%
27 Northeastern Illinois Special Education 15 62% $71,551 83 96% — 20% 0% 0% 0% 87% 0% — — — —
28 Howard Elementary Education 10 42% $71,337 80 100% — 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 0% 1050 1160 1270 62%
29 Manhattan Special Education 11 62% $71,321 70 100% — 36% 64% 18% 0% 18% 0% — — — —
30 Manhattan Early Childhood Special Education 11 62% $71,321 70 100% — 9% 64% 18% 9% 9% 0% — — — —
31 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Education 19 17% $70,936 72 100% — 63% 79% 5% 5% 5% 0% 1400 1460 1520 69%
32 Eastern Washington Education 18 82% $70,929 83 94% — 28% 78% 0% 6% 11% 0% — — — —
33 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Special Education 16 37% $70,355 73 90% — 19% 81% 0% 0% 19% 0% 1390 1460 1520 57%
34 Wagner Elementary Education 10 82% $70,337 68 100% — 10% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% 1190 1240 1290 20%
35 Louisiana State Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 409 71% $70,138 77 96% — 27% 67% 6% 14% 9% 0% 1180 1260 1340 47%
36 CUNY City Bilingual Education 25 58% $70,081 86 90% — 12% 0% 8% 4% 76% 8% 1070 1270 1430 11%
37 Rowan Elementary Education 81 77% $69,993 82 96% — 7% 79% 2% 2% 16% 0% 1100 1200 1300 27%
38 Rowan Early Childhood Education 38 77% $69,993 82 96% — 0% 82% 5% 3% 8% 0% 1100 1200 1300 27%
39 U. of Delaware Urban Education and Leadership 23 71% $69,872 73 96% — 65% 70% 4% 17% 4% 0% 1190 1280 1370 22%
40 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Education 234 65% $69,830 74 97% 4.6% 48% 49% 18% 15% 9% 3% 1300 1400 1500 41%
41 Viterbo Elementary Education 43 98% $69,632 75 100% — 9% 88% 2% 2% 5% 0% 1040 1220 1380 49%
42 U. of Nevada, Reno History Teacher Education 11 83% $69,630 79 100% — 82% 36% 18% 0% 18% 0% 1060 1170 1280 77%
43 William Carey Physical Education 76 54% $69,561 82 97% — 75% 62% 0% 25% 5% 7% 1040 1170 1290 100%
44 Trinity Washington Education 28 97% $69,465 82 — — 0% 4% 0% 64% 29% 0% — — — —
45 New York University Early Childhood Education 11 9% $69,305 55 98% — 0% 27% 27% 0% 27% 18% 1480 1520 1550 37%
46 New York University Elementary Education 23 9% $69,305 55 98% — 0% 22% 22% 0% 30% 17% 1480 1520 1550 37%
47 U. of Virginia General Education 530 16% $69,217 55 — — 25% 50% 18% 10% 6% 3% 1410 1460 1510 60%
48 CUNY Hunter English Education 10 28% $68,829 85 88% — 0% 40% 10% 10% 30% 0% 1100 1270 1420 11%
49 Seton Hall Special Education 11 69% $68,683 65 100% — 0% 73% 9% 0% 9% 0% 1220 1310 1390 30%
50 Rutgers University - Camden General Education 26 79% $68,673 76 99% — 46% 42% 4% 38% 15% 0% 1050 1180 1300 26%