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Highest ROI Education Majors

Top 50 Education college majors by ROI percentile

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Northeastern Illinois Physical Education 10 62% $91,195 95 100% — 60% 20% 0% 20% 60% 0% — — — —
2 Cal State Northridge Early Childhood Education 323 88% $81,976 93 93% — 6% 10% 6% 4% 70% 2% — — — —
3 Ohio State Agriscience Education 64 49% $91,878 91 95% — 91% 84% 0% 3% 5% 0% 1300 1370 1440 67%
4 U. of Texas at Arlington Education 123 81% $83,215 90 100% — 6% 24% 5% 10% 58% 2% 1010 1130 1240 82%
5 Trinity Washington Early Childhood Education 13 97% $79,257 89 96% — 8% 0% 8% 62% 15% 0% — — — —
6 SUNY Old Westbury Social Studies Education 14 77% $74,823 88 93% — 64% 71% 0% 7% 14% 0% — — — —
7 Purdue Education 12 43% $81,927 88 97% — 25% 58% 0% 17% 8% 8% 1220 1350 1470 100%
8 James Madison Elementary Education 163 69% $79,739 87 96% — 6% 87% 1% 2% 6% 0% 1180 1260 1330 19%
9 James Madison Middle School Education 11 69% $79,739 87 96% — 55% 73% 9% 9% 0% 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 Utah Valley Special Education 19 100% $75,659 87 95% — 5% 89% 0% 0% 5% 5% — — — —
12 U. of Alaska - Southeast Elementary Education 15 85% $75,166 87 93% 3.0% 0% 53% 7% 0% 7% 0% — — — —
13 Cal State Sacramento Vocational Education 25 94% $73,220 87 100% — 36% 36% 12% 8% 36% 0% — — — —
14 San Jose State Early Childhood Education 164 80% $73,351 87 90% — 9% 15% 24% 3% 48% 2% 1010 1140 1270 10%
15 U. of California, San Diego Education Sciences 61 29% $87,720 87 92% — 7% 15% 28% 2% 48% 5% — — — —
16 Utah State Educational Technology 46 93% $76,765 86 85% — 37% 93% 2% 0% 2% 0% 1070 1180 1290 85%
17 CUNY City Bilingual Education 25 58% $70,081 86 90% — 12% 0% 8% 4% 76% 8% 1070 1270 1430 11%
18 U. of Notre Dame General Education 18 9% $92,984 85 81% — 39% 50% 6% 0% 44% 0% 1460 1500 1540 67%
19 Alabama A&M Elementary Education 10 38% $73,876 85 97% — 0% 10% 0% 80% 10% 0% 810 930 1040 94%
20 CUNY Hunter English Education 10 28% $68,829 85 88% — 0% 40% 10% 10% 30% 0% 1100 1270 1420 11%
21 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Education 118 42% $77,318 84 96% — 8% 92% 2% 0% 4% 0% 1200 1290 1370 100%
22 Northeastern Illinois Special Education 15 62% $71,551 83 96% — 20% 0% 0% 0% 87% 0% — — — —
23 College of Staten Island CUNY History Education 11 95% $67,206 83 100% — 64% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% — — — —
24 College of Staten Island CUNY English Education 10 95% $67,206 83 100% — 10% 60% 0% 10% 20% 0% — — — —
25 Eastern Washington Education 18 82% $70,929 83 94% — 28% 78% 0% 6% 11% 0% — — — —
26 Southwest Minnesota State Special Education 16 91% $65,883 82 100% 7.1% 6% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 920 1030 1140 40%
27 CUNY Brooklyn Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 35 52% $66,157 82 92% — 74% 37% 20% 11% 23% 0% — — — —
28 CUNY Brooklyn English Education 13 52% $66,157 82 92% — 8% 46% 0% 23% 15% 0% — — — —
29 CUNY Brooklyn Social Studies Teacher Education 13 52% $66,157 82 92% — 54% 46% 15% 8% 31% 0% — — — —
30 State University of New York at Cortland Elementary Special Education 75 61% $67,108 82 98% — 11% 84% 1% 1% 13% 0% — — — —
31 College of Staten Island CUNY Elementary Education 48 95% $65,787 82 94% — 8% 65% 10% 4% 21% 0% — — — —
32 Rowan Elementary Education 81 77% $69,993 82 96% — 7% 79% 2% 2% 16% 0% 1100 1200 1300 27%
33 Rowan Early Childhood Education 38 77% $69,993 82 96% — 0% 82% 5% 3% 8% 0% 1100 1200 1300 27%
34 William Carey Physical Education 76 54% $69,561 82 97% — 75% 62% 0% 25% 5% 7% 1040 1170 1290 100%
35 Trinity Washington Education 28 97% $69,465 82 — — 0% 4% 0% 64% 29% 0% — — — —
36 Brigham Young University - Idaho Middle School Special Education 15 97% $63,910 81 86% — 0% 67% 0% 0% 27% 7% 970 1090 1200 46%
37 SUNY Oneonta Social Studies Education 28 70% $66,579 81 96% — 71% 61% 0% 4% 29% 0% 1120 1220 1310 25%
38 SUNY Oneonta Family and Consumer Sciences Education 13 70% $66,579 81 96% — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1120 1220 1310 25%
39 SUNY Oneonta English Education 10 70% $66,579 81 96% — 30% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% 1120 1220 1310 25%
40 SUNY Old Westbury Bilingual Education 13 77% $66,120 81 — — 0% 0% 0% 8% 69% 23% — — — —
41 U. of Central Florida Exceptional Student Education 44 43% $67,972 81 100% — 7% 48% 5% 5% 34% 2% 1200 1280 1350 99%
42 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Career and Technical Education 34 92% $65,264 81 86% — 76% 62% 0% 15% 18% 0% 900 1030 1160 45%
43 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Health Teacher Education 12 92% $65,264 81 86% — 0% 50% 8% 25% 8% 0% 900 1030 1160 45%
44 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale History Teacher Education 11 92% $65,264 81 86% — 55% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% 900 1030 1160 45%
45 Rowan Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs 60 77% $68,606 80 96% — 8% 83% 0% 2% 12% 0% 1100 1200 1300 27%
46 Howard Elementary Education 10 42% $71,337 80 100% — 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 0% 1050 1160 1270 62%
47 Pace Early Childhood Education 31 76% $78,477 80 84% — 3% 65% 0% 6% 23% 3% 1180 1260 1340 16%
48 Pace Elementary Education 17 76% $78,477 80 84% — 6% 71% 12% 6% 6% 6% 1180 1260 1340 16%
49 CUNY York Elementary Education 10 58% $63,592 80 89% — 20% 10% 10% 10% 50% 0% — — — —
50 Fitchburg State Health and Physical Education 12 78% $64,392 80 — 8.9% 75% 67% 8% 17% 8% 0% 1060 1150 1230 13%