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Lowest Paying Majors

Bottom 50 college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Brigham Young Dietetics 42 68% $12,615 0 -4.89 1 74% — 5% 95% 0% 0% 2% 2% 1290 1360 1430 54%
2 State University of New York at New Paltz Anthropology 14 46% $13,712 0 -3.91 1 92% — 57% 71% 0% 14% 14% 0% 1170 1260 1340 15%
3 U. of California, Irvine Human Biology 126 29% $15,599 1 -4.85 1 90% — 42% 14% 61% 2% 13% 1% — — — —
4 U. of California, Berkeley Music 46 11% $17,970 0 -3.09 1 73% — 50% 35% 26% 2% 17% 9% — — — —
5 Arcadia Theatre 11 68% $18,079 0 -3.35 1 100% — 27% 73% 0% 18% 0% 0% — — — —
6 New Mexico State Anthropology 10 57% $18,287 0 -3.50 1 89% — 20% 30% 0% 0% 50% 10% 870 990 1110 86%
7 Pacific Northwest College of Art Digital Arts 20 75% $19,152 0 -2.47 1 84% — 25% 80% 0% 0% 10% 5% — — — —
8 Cooper Union Studio Art 62 12% $20,758 0 -2.79 1 92% — 29% 27% 16% 13% 21% 10% 1290 1410 1500 39%
9 Georgia Southern Theater 12 70% $20,923 0 -2.97 2 96% — 58% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% 980 1060 1140 48%
10 Florida International Asian Studies 23 61% $21,331 0 -3.02 2 74% 12.5% 26% 4% 9% 9% 65% 0% 1070 1170 1260 100%
11 Indiana Dance 15 76% $21,767 0 -2.85 1 94% — 0% 87% 0% 7% 0% 0% 1200 1310 1410 58%
12 Beacon Business Administration 15 44% $22,337 0 -2.87 1 — — 87% 53% 0% 27% 7% 13% — — — —
13 College for Creative Studies Fine Arts 10 93% $22,459 0 -2.61 1 80% — 20% 80% 10% 10% 0% 0% — — — —
14 Brigham Young University - Idaho Theatre 16 97% $22,612 0 -2.74 3 82% — 31% 81% 0% 0% 12% 6% 970 1090 1200 46%
15 Calvin Film Studies 15 68% $22,809 0 -3.83 1 100% — 67% 87% 7% 0% 7% 0% 1110 1220 1330 59%
16 U. of Oklahoma - Norman Dance 18 78% $23,083 0 -2.68 1 100% — 17% 50% 0% 11% 17% 11% 1160 1240 1310 65%
17 Cal Poly - Pomona Theater 23 74% $23,250 0 -2.65 2 100% — 61% 35% 9% 13% 39% 0% — — — —
18 U. of Texas at El Paso International Business 40 100% $23,296 0 -2.67 2 94% — 45% 0% 0% 0% 82% 12% — — — —
19 State University of New York at New Paltz Music 20 46% $23,427 0 -2.51 2 94% — 60% 75% 0% 10% 10% 0% 1170 1260 1340 15%
20 Oberlin Creative Writing 14 33% $23,552 0 -3.52 1 100% — 43% 93% 0% 7% 0% 0% 1370 1430 1480 48%
21 Cal State Dominguez Hills Art/Art Studies 36 85% $23,731 0 -2.47 2 88% — 47% 6% 8% 3% 75% 0% — — — —
22 Northwestern State University of Louisiana Studio Art 12 95% $23,760 0 -2.47 2 — — 25% 83% 0% 0% 8% 0% 910 1010 1110 93%
23 Bennington Theatre 18 37% $23,819 0 -2.58 1 94% — 22% 72% 0% 0% 6% 6% 1330 1400 1470 18%
24 San Francisco Conservatory of Music Technology and Applied Composition 11 55% $23,902 0 -2.45 1 81% — 55% 45% 0% 0% 9% 18% — — — —
25 U. of Illinois Chicago Entrepreneurship 18 76% $23,966 0 -2.30 2 90% — 72% 22% 17% 28% 28% 6% 1030 1170 1300 51%
26 Furman English 18 49% $24,430 0 -3.41 1 100% — 22% 78% 0% 6% 0% 0% 1280 1350 1410 47%
27 Georgia State General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations 44 57% $24,451 0 -4.13 2 96% — 61% 30% 2% 43% 14% 0% 1030 1140 1240 50%
28 Florida A&M Theater 10 19% $24,463 1 -2.49 2 100% — 20% 0% 0% 80% 10% 0% 1050 1120 1180 100%
29 Fayetteville State Studio Art 19 52% $24,829 0 -2.36 3 95% — 58% 11% 0% 74% 0% 0% 890 990 1090 10%
30 Laguna College of Art and Design Fine Arts 14 94% $24,844 1 -2.35 1 79% — 29% 57% 7% 7% 14% 14% — — — —
31 Washington University in St Louis Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies 17 12% $24,983 1 -2.72 1 100% — 6% 76% 6% 0% 12% 0% 1500 1530 1550 61%
32 Lawrence Art 13 75% $25,220 1 -2.31 1 86% — 8% 46% 8% 8% 23% 8% 1200 1310 1420 54%
33 Eastern Washington Film 18 82% $25,469 0 -3.44 2 95% — 56% 56% 6% 0% 22% 0% — — — —
34 Spelman Theater 10 24% $25,477 1 -2.36 2 94% — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 1100 1200 1300 47%
35 Susquehanna Publishing 11 77% $25,671 0 -3.38 1 100% — 9% 64% 0% 0% 36% 0% 1100 1200 1300 47%
36 U. of Tampa Musical Theatre 22 39% $25,688 0 -2.26 2 100% — 9% 77% 0% 0% 18% 5% — — — —
37 Moore College of Art and Design Studio Art 10 56% $25,778 1 -2.25 1 100% — 0% 30% 0% 30% 0% 0% 1180 1280 1380 99%
38 Augusta Studio Art 17 73% $26,223 1 -2.21 2 91% — 12% 41% 0% 41% 0% 0% 970 1060 1140 24%
39 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Illustration 13 46% $26,498 1 -2.18 2 90% — 38% 54% 8% 23% 0% 0% — — — —
40 Bennington Music 13 37% $26,511 0 -2.17 1 100% — 62% 85% 8% 0% 8% 0% 1330 1400 1470 18%
41 Hollins Studio Art 11 68% $26,574 1 -2.17 1 90% — 0% 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% 1110 1180 1250 19%
42 Clark Atlanta Fashion Design 43 64% $26,601 0 -3.47 2 88% — 16% 0% 0% 67% 0% 0% — — — —
43 Bennington Dance 22 37% $26,656 1 -2.20 1 — — 9% 59% 5% 14% 14% 0% 1330 1400 1470 18%
44 Touro Web Design 15 77% $26,915 0 -2.18 3 84% — 13% 73% 0% 7% 7% 7% 1210 1330 1450 13%
45 U. of Alabama Marine Science 18 71% $26,995 0 -3.43 1 100% — 22% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% 1100 1230 1360 72%
46 Manhattan School of Music Voice and Opera 19 41% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — 32% 58% 11% 5% 11% 11% — — — —
47 Manhattan School of Music Jazz Studies 14 41% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — 93% 36% 0% 14% 14% 29% — — — —
48 Manhattan School of Music Keyboard Instruments 17 41% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — 29% 0% 18% 0% 0% 82% — — — —
49 Manhattan School of Music Stringed Instruments 20 41% $27,070 0 -2.11 1 79% — 45% 35% 15% 0% 5% 40% — — — —
50 Rochester Institute of Technology Fine Arts Studio 15 67% $27,287 1 -2.09 1 90% — 33% 73% 7% 7% 0% 7% 1310 1380 1440 49%