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Highest Paying Education Majors

Top 50 Education college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Earnings ROI Employ Degrees Accept SAT
1 U. of Notre Dame General Education $92,984 86 81% 18 9% 1500
2 Ohio State Agriscience Education $91,878 91 95% 64 49% 1370
3 Northeastern Illinois Physical Education $91,195 95 100% 10 62% —
4 U. of California, San Diego Education Sciences $87,720 87 92% 61 29% —
5 U. of Texas at Arlington Education $83,215 90 100% 123 72% 1130
6 Emory Physical Education $82,496 76 86% 21 10% 1510
7 Cal State Northridge Early Childhood Education $81,976 93 93% 323 88% —
8 Purdue Education $81,927 88 97% 12 43% 1350
9 James Madison Middle School Education $79,739 87 96% 11 69% 1260
10 James Madison Early Childhood Education $79,739 87 96% 11 69% 1260
11 James Madison Elementary Education $79,739 87 96% 163 69% 1260
12 Trinity Washington Early Childhood Education $79,257 89 96% 13 97% —
13 Pace Elementary Education $78,477 80 84% 17 78% 1260
14 Pace Early Childhood Education $78,477 80 84% 31 78% 1260
15 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Education $77,318 84 96% 118 48% 1290
16 Brown Education Studies $77,188 65 92% 20 6% 1510
17 Utah State Educational Technology $76,765 86 85% 46 93% 1180
18 Utah Valley Special Education $75,659 87 95% 19 100% —
19 U. of Alaska - Southeast Elementary Education $75,166 87 93% 15 85% —
20 SUNY Old Westbury Social Studies Education $74,823 88 93% 14 77% —
21 U. of California, San Diego Mathematics - Secondary Education $74,510 73 — 12 29% —
22 Alabama A&M Elementary Education $73,876 85 97% 10 38% 930
23 San Jose State Early Childhood Education $73,351 87 90% 164 80% 1140
24 Cal State Sacramento Vocational Education $73,220 87 100% 25 72% —
25 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Physical Education and Sport Science $73,200 74 96% 103 41% 1450
26 Lehigh Public Health Education $71,705 56 — 38 29% 1430
27 Northeastern Illinois Special Education $71,551 83 96% 15 62% —
28 Howard Elementary Education $71,337 80 100% 10 42% 1160
29 Manhattan Special Education $71,321 70 100% 11 62% —
30 Manhattan Early Childhood Special Education $71,321 70 100% 11 62% —
31 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Education $70,936 72 100% 19 17% 1470
32 Eastern Washington Education $70,929 83 94% 18 82% —
33 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Special Education $70,355 73 90% 16 37% 1460
34 Wagner Elementary Education $70,337 68 100% 10 82% 1240
35 Louisiana State Physical Education Teaching and Coaching $70,138 77 96% 409 71% 1260
36 CUNY City Bilingual Education $70,081 86 90% 25 42% 1270
37 Rowan Early Childhood Education $69,993 82 96% 38 77% 1200
38 Rowan Elementary Education $69,993 82 96% 81 77% 1200
39 U. of Delaware Urban Education and Leadership $69,872 73 96% 23 72% 1280
40 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Education $69,830 74 97% 234 65% 1400
41 Viterbo Elementary Education $69,632 75 100% 43 98% 1220
42 U. of Nevada, Reno History Teacher Education $69,630 79 100% 11 83% 1170
43 William Carey Physical Education $69,561 82 97% 76 57% 1170
44 Trinity Washington Education $69,465 82 — 28 97% —
45 New York University Early Childhood Education $69,305 55 98% 11 9% 1520
46 New York University Elementary Education $69,305 55 98% 23 9% 1520
47 U. of Virginia General Education $69,217 55 — 530 13% 1470
48 CUNY Hunter English Education $68,829 85 88% 10 28% 1270
49 Seton Hall Special Education $68,683 65 100% 11 69% 1310
50 Rutgers University - Camden General Education $68,673 76 99% 26 79% 1180