MajorPays — Real Earnings Report

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Real earnings by school

Search your college or university and see what its actual graduates went on to earn, by major — not a guess, real reported pay. Want the typical national career outlook for a major instead? See the national outlook →

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🎓2,143national programs
💼1,016careers mapped
🏢6,572institutions covered
📈6years of completions data
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Pulled from public IPEDS Completions data (U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES) — degrees and certificates awarded per program, already aggregated. No student-level or private data is used or transmitted.

Search for your college or university above, or upload a list of programs, to see the real careers, median wages, and 10-year growth outlook tied to each one — built from official U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Education data, not estimates or marketing claims.

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Browse earnings by school

Permanent earnings pages for 98 of the largest institutions by program completions, grouped by control type.

Public (77)

Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZArizona State University Digital Immersion, AZBroward College, FLCalifornia State University-Fullerton, CACalifornia State University-Long Beach, CACalifornia State University-Northridge, CACalifornia State University-Sacramento, CACentral Piedmont Community College, NC (2-year)Cerritos College, CA (2-year)Chattahoochee Technical College, GA (2-year)Dallas College, TXFlorida Atlantic University, FLFlorida International University, FLFlorida State University, FLGeorge Mason University, VAGeorgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, GAIndiana University-Bloomington, INIvy Tech Community College, IN (2-year)Kennesaw State University, GALone Star College System, TXMiami Dade College, FLMichigan State University, MINorth Carolina State University at Raleigh, NCOhio State University-Main Campus, OHPasadena City College, CA (2-year)Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, PAPurdue University Global, INPurdue University-Main Campus, INRutgers University-New Brunswick, NJSan Diego State University, CASanta Monica College, CASinclair Community College, OHTemple University, PATexas A&M University-College Station, TXTexas State University, TXTexas Tech University, TXThe University of Alabama, ALThe University of Texas at Arlington, TXThe University of Texas at Austin, TXThe University of Texas at Dallas, TXUniversity at Buffalo, NYUniversity of Arizona, AZUniversity of California-Berkeley, CAUniversity of California-Davis, CAUniversity of California-Irvine, CAUniversity of California-Los Angeles, CAUniversity of California-San Diego, CAUniversity of Central Florida, FLUniversity of Cincinnati-Main Campus, OHUniversity of Colorado Boulder, COUniversity of Connecticut, CTUniversity of Florida, FLUniversity of Georgia, GAUniversity of Houston, TXUniversity of Illinois Chicago, ILUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ILUniversity of Iowa, IAUniversity of Kentucky, KYUniversity of Maryland Global Campus, MDUniversity of Maryland-College Park, MDUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst, MAUniversity of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MIUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities, MNUniversity of Missouri-Columbia, MOUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NCUniversity of North Texas, TXUniversity of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, PAUniversity of South Carolina-Columbia, SCUniversity of South Florida, FLUniversity of Utah, UTUniversity of Virginia-Main Campus, VAUniversity of Washington-Seattle Campus, WAUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, WIUtah State University, UTUtah Valley University, UTValencia College, FLVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA

Private nonprofit (13)

Boston University, MABrigham Young University-Idaho, IDColumbia University in the City of New York, NYHarvard University, MAJohns Hopkins University, MDLiberty University, VANew York University, NYNortheastern University, MASouthern New Hampshire University, NHUltimate Medical Academy, FL (2-year)University of Pennsylvania, PAUniversity of Southern California, CAWestern Governors University, UT

Private for-profit (8)

American Public University System, WVCapella University, MNChamberlain University-Illinois, ILDeVry University-Illinois, ILGrand Canyon University, AZNUC University, PRUniversity of Phoenix-Arizona, AZWalden University, MN