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Majors with reported graduate earnings at California State University-Northridge

MajorMedian earnings (4 yrs out)CredentialGraduates measured
Accounting and Related Services$92,329Bachelor's384
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$105,747Bachelor's33
Anthropology$43,192Bachelor's49
Area Studies$53,077Bachelor's16
Biology, General$59,100Bachelor's99
Biotechnology$73,542Bachelor's40
Business Administration, Management and Operations$65,760Bachelor's611
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences$55,096Bachelor's32
Chemistry$79,878Bachelor's24
Civil Engineering$97,123Bachelor's75
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$83,681Master's34
Communication and Media Studies$57,138Bachelor's440
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$65,188Bachelor's110
Computer and Information Sciences, General$91,131Bachelor's116
Computer Engineering$101,021Bachelor's33
Computer Science$101,348Bachelor's153
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician$89,804Bachelor's19
Criminal Justice and Corrections$54,169Bachelor's106
Design and Applied Arts$59,676Bachelor's26
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$43,240Bachelor's57
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$59,940Bachelor's22
Economics$72,890Bachelor's90
Education, General$113,493Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)37
Education, Other$71,067Master's25
Educational Administration and Supervision$101,424Master's77
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$104,065Bachelor's85
English Language and Literature, General$47,660Bachelor's152
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies$50,708Bachelor's217
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General$55,327Bachelor's223
Film/Video and Photographic Arts$46,913Bachelor's94
Finance and Financial Management Services$74,656Bachelor's349
Fine and Studio Arts$42,904Bachelor's304
Geography and Cartography$69,323Bachelor's33
Health and Medical Administrative Services$60,740Bachelor's252
History$45,821Bachelor's98
Hospitality Administration/Management$50,644Bachelor's55
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$45,088Bachelor's377
Journalism$53,351Bachelor's197
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$52,772Bachelor's322
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services$32,939Bachelor's26
Management Information Systems and Services$88,999Bachelor's65
Manufacturing Engineering$129,151Master's18
Marketing$64,373Bachelor's413
Mathematics$63,077Bachelor's26
Mechanical Engineering$99,216Bachelor's195
Music$40,669Bachelor's101
Operations Research$74,344Bachelor's63
Philosophy$48,566Bachelor's23
Political Science and Government$57,527Bachelor's152
Psychology, General$49,792Bachelor's852
Public Administration$85,789Bachelor's18
Public Health$55,989Bachelor's328
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$49,359Bachelor's333
Real Estate$57,174Bachelor's28
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$116,613Bachelor's100
Religion/Religious Studies$51,235Bachelor's22
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$43,345Bachelor's24
Social Work$52,988Bachelor's121
Sociology$54,500Bachelor's561
Special Education and Teaching$85,826Master's25
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$50,663Bachelor's427
Student Counseling and Personnel Services$75,660Master's103
Taxation$108,576Master's29
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$89,925Master's64
Urban Studies/Affairs$72,148Bachelor's28

Majors are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. A major appears once, with one credential level's figure, and figures for different credential levels (certificate, associate's, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, professional) are not comparable with each other. Graduates measured is the number of graduates behind the median; small groups are less reliable, and the Department of Education withholds figures for very small groups.