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Highest ROI Education Majors

Top 50 Education college majors by ROI percentile

# College Major Earnings ROI Employ Degrees Accept SAT
1 Northeastern Illinois Physical Education $91,195 95 100% 10 62% —
2 Cal State Northridge Early Childhood Education $81,976 93 93% 323 88% —
3 Ohio State Agriscience Education $91,878 91 95% 64 49% 1370
4 U. of Texas at Arlington Education $83,215 90 100% 123 72% 1130
5 Trinity Washington Early Childhood Education $79,257 89 96% 13 97% —
6 SUNY Old Westbury Social Studies Education $74,823 88 93% 14 77% —
7 Purdue Education $81,927 88 97% 12 43% 1350
8 James Madison Elementary Education $79,739 87 96% 163 69% 1260
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 Utah Valley Special Education $75,659 87 95% 19 100% —
12 U. of Alaska - Southeast Elementary Education $75,166 87 93% 15 85% —
13 Cal State Sacramento Vocational Education $73,220 87 100% 25 72% —
14 San Jose State Early Childhood Education $73,351 87 90% 164 80% 1140
15 U. of California, San Diego Education Sciences $87,720 87 92% 61 29% —
16 Utah State Educational Technology $76,765 86 85% 46 93% 1180
17 CUNY City Bilingual Education $70,081 86 90% 25 42% 1270
18 U. of Notre Dame General Education $92,984 86 81% 18 9% 1500
19 Alabama A&M Elementary Education $73,876 85 97% 10 38% 930
20 CUNY Hunter English Education $68,829 85 88% 10 28% 1270
21 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Education $77,318 84 96% 118 48% 1290
22 Northeastern Illinois Special Education $71,551 83 96% 15 62% —
23 College of Staten Island CUNY History Education $67,206 83 100% 11 95% —
24 College of Staten Island CUNY English Education $67,206 83 100% 10 95% —
25 Eastern Washington Education $70,929 83 94% 18 82% —
26 Southwest Minnesota State Special Education $65,883 82 100% 16 91% 1030
27 CUNY Brooklyn Physical Education Teaching and Coaching $66,157 82 92% 35 52% —
28 CUNY Brooklyn Social Studies Teacher Education $66,157 82 92% 13 52% —
29 CUNY Brooklyn English Education $66,157 82 92% 13 52% —
30 State University of New York at Cortland Elementary Special Education $67,108 82 98% 75 61% —
31 College of Staten Island CUNY Elementary Education $65,787 82 94% 48 95% —
32 Rowan Elementary Education $69,993 82 96% 81 77% 1200
33 Rowan Early Childhood Education $69,993 82 96% 38 77% 1200
34 William Carey Physical Education $69,561 82 97% 76 57% 1170
35 Trinity Washington Education $69,465 82 — 28 97% —
36 Brigham Young University - Idaho Middle School Special Education $63,910 81 86% 15 97% 1090
37 SUNY Oneonta Social Studies Education $66,579 81 96% 28 70% 1220
38 SUNY Oneonta Family and Consumer Sciences Education $66,579 81 96% 13 70% 1220
39 SUNY Oneonta English Education $66,579 81 96% 10 70% 1220
40 SUNY Old Westbury Bilingual Education $66,120 81 — 13 77% —
41 U. of Central Florida Exceptional Student Education $67,972 81 100% 44 43% 1280
42 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Career and Technical Education $65,264 81 86% 34 72% 1030
43 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Health Teacher Education $65,264 81 86% 12 72% 1030
44 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale History Teacher Education $65,264 81 86% 11 72% 1030
45 Rowan Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs $68,606 80 96% 60 77% 1200
46 Howard Elementary Education $71,337 80 100% 10 42% 1160
47 Pace Early Childhood Education $78,477 80 84% 31 78% 1260
48 Pace Elementary Education $78,477 80 84% 17 78% 1260
49 CUNY York Elementary Education $63,592 80 89% 10 58% —
50 Fitchburg State Health and Physical Education $64,392 80 — 12 78% 1150