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Highest Paying Education Majors

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

# College Major Earnings ROI Employ Degrees Accept SAT
1 U. of California, San Diego Education Sciences $98,636 94 92% 52 29% —
2 Northeastern Illinois Physical Education $92,242 96 100% 17 62% —
3 Cal State Northridge Early Childhood Education $91,622 97 93% 376 88% —
4 U. of Notre Dame General Education $87,620 82 81% 29 9% 1500
5 Ohio State Agriscience Education $87,612 90 95% 48 49% 1370
6 Pace Early Childhood Education $85,341 87 84% 15 78% 1260
7 Pace Elementary Education $85,341 87 84% 18 78% 1260
8 U. of Texas at Arlington Education $83,245 91 100% 121 72% 1130
9 San Jose State Early Childhood Education $81,942 93 90% 159 50% —
10 Cal State Sacramento Vocational Education $80,421 93 100% 23 72% —
11 Brown Education Studies $79,577 71 92% 14 5% 1540
12 James Madison Secondary Education and Teaching $79,084 88 96% 12 86% 1250
13 James Madison Early Childhood Education $79,084 88 96% 13 86% 1250
14 James Madison Elementary Education $79,084 88 96% 163 86% 1250
15 James Madison Middle School Education $79,084 88 96% 14 86% 1250
16 Purdue Education $77,702 85 97% 16 43% 1350
17 Manhattan Early Childhood Special Education $77,559 80 100% 14 62% —
18 U. of Alaska - Southeast Elementary Education $76,669 89 93% 18 85% —
19 Wagner Elementary Education $76,489 79 100% 11 82% 1240
20 CUNY City Bilingual Education $76,449 91 90% 24 42% 1250
21 New York University Early Childhood Education $75,367 70 98% 18 9% 1520
22 CUNY Hunter English Education $74,538 90 88% 10 28% 1260
23 CUNY Hunter Social Studies Teacher Education $74,538 90 88% 13 28% 1260
24 CUNY Hunter Mathematics Teacher Education $74,538 90 88% 10 28% 1260
25 Utah State Educational Technology $74,277 85 85% 46 93% 1180
26 Eastern Washington Education $74,244 87 94% 11 82% —
27 Rowan Elementary Education $74,036 86 96% 104 84% 1210
28 Rowan Early Childhood Education $74,036 86 96% 33 84% 1210
29 College of Staten Island CUNY English Education $73,767 89 100% 12 95% —
30 Utah Valley Special Education $73,438 87 95% 19 100% —
31 Howard Elementary Education $72,832 83 100% 19 32% 1200
32 Rutgers University - Camden General Education $72,640 82 99% 34 79% 1170
33 Rowan Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs $72,569 85 96% 86 84% 1210
34 St. John's University - New York Elementary Education $72,400 73 96% 52 85% 1250
35 CUNY Brooklyn English Education $72,392 88 92% 19 52% —
36 CUNY Brooklyn Social Studies Teacher Education $72,392 88 92% 13 52% —
37 CUNY Brooklyn Physical Education Teaching and Coaching $72,392 88 92% 44 52% —
38 Northeastern Illinois Special Education $72,373 85 96% 26 62% —
39 College of Staten Island CUNY Elementary Education $72,209 88 94% 64 95% —
40 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Education $71,739 79 96% 55 48% 1280
41 SUNY Old Westbury Bilingual Education $71,341 87 — 12 77% —
42 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Education $70,974 73 100% 15 17% 1460
43 Manhattan Physical Education $70,915 70 — 14 62% —
44 George Mason Special Education $70,830 77 97% 16 72% 1260
45 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Physical Education and Sport Science $70,830 72 96% 88 41% 1450
46 U. of Delaware Urban Education and Leadership $70,415 75 96% 21 72% 1280
47 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Education $70,349 76 97% 191 65% 1400
48 State University of New York at Cortland Elementary Special Education $70,344 86 98% 88 61% —
49 New York University Education $70,019 59 87% 17 9% 1520
50 U. of Central Florida Exceptional Student Education $69,813 84 100% 29 43% 1270