Earnings from the Top 10 Most Popular College Majors

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Earnings for the Top 10 Most Popular College Majors Raw data is as follows: name of major, % of students in this major, median earnings, bottom 25th percentile earnings, top 25th percentile earnings. Business Management and Administration 8 58,000 40,000 85,000 General Business 5 60,000 40,000 90,000 Accounting 5 63,000 43,000 95,000 Nursing 4 60,000 48,000 80,000 Psychology 3 45,000 31,000 65,000 Marketing and Marketing Research 3 58,000 40,000 88,000 Communications 3 50,000 35,000 77,000 Elementary Education 3 40,000 31,000 50,000 Computer Science 3 75,000 50,000 100,000 Finance 3 65,000 43,000 100,000

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Source of the data: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

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