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Majors with reported graduate earnings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MajorMedian earnings (4 yrs out)CredentialGraduates measured
Accounting and Related Services$99,528Bachelor's164
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$106,633Bachelor's89
Agricultural Business and Management$62,398Bachelor's43
Agricultural Engineering$88,315Bachelor's49
Agricultural Production Operations$46,669Associate's62
Agriculture, General$53,568Bachelor's18
Animal Sciences$47,224Bachelor's115
Applied Mathematics$117,990Bachelor's65
Architecture$75,074Bachelor's91
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology$67,892Bachelor's28
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$67,621Bachelor's57
Biology, General$61,703Bachelor's137
Business Administration, Management and Operations$80,023Bachelor's145
Business/Managerial Economics$95,271Bachelor's17
Chemical Engineering$106,011Bachelor's80
Chemistry$73,395Bachelor's22
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning$86,237Master's27
Civil Engineering$88,142Bachelor's208
Communication and Media Studies$66,106Bachelor's215
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other$148,000Master's128
Computer and Information Sciences, General$144,103Bachelor's253
Computer Engineering$122,026Bachelor's139
Construction Engineering$102,699Bachelor's46
Construction Management$95,165Bachelor's106
Curriculum and Instruction$58,513Master's130
Design and Applied Arts$72,213Bachelor's65
Economics$92,653Bachelor's106
Educational Administration and Supervision$57,587Master's61
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$104,839Bachelor's122
Engineering Mechanics$101,509Bachelor's36
Engineering-Related Fields$81,618Bachelor's36
English Language and Literature, General$64,225Bachelor's98
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy$85,049Master's56
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$65,248Bachelor's95
Finance and Financial Management Services$102,902Bachelor's258
Fine and Studio Arts$58,652Bachelor's54
Food Science and Technology$80,161Bachelor's41
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services$74,005Bachelor's172
Forestry$64,204Bachelor's88
Geography and Cartography$65,259Bachelor's48
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$59,969Bachelor's19
History$59,819Bachelor's52
Hospitality Administration/Management$72,817Bachelor's56
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$58,340Bachelor's218
Industrial Engineering$116,641Bachelor's113
International Relations and National Security Studies$71,988Bachelor's95
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$70,335Graduate certificate99
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services$68,263Bachelor's76
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$108,726Bachelor's346
Marketing$86,338Bachelor's175
Materials Engineering$90,828Bachelor's65
Mathematics$67,763Bachelor's71
Mechanical Engineering$96,376Bachelor's286
Medicine$94,416Professional73
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology$67,253Bachelor's16
Mining and Mineral Engineering$94,397Bachelor's32
Music$48,028Bachelor's23
Natural Resources Conservation and Research$59,868Bachelor's49
Neurobiology and Neurosciences$59,714Bachelor's63
Physics$92,746Bachelor's42
Plant Sciences$56,630Bachelor's49
Political Science and Government$75,687Bachelor's186
Psychology, General$56,365Bachelor's170
Public Administration$88,961Master's40
Public Health$73,036Master's31
Public Policy Analysis$66,177Bachelor's19
Real Estate$95,576Bachelor's53
Sociology$63,654Bachelor's109
Statistics$94,300Bachelor's26
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$56,901Master's16
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences$123,078Doctoral18
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management$47,496Bachelor's54

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.