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title: "Careers by College Major"
description: "Common career destinations for 33 college majors, with BLS pay, outlook and entry-education data for each."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors"
last-updated: "2026-08-23T07:20:09.337Z"
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# Careers by College Major

Where 33 US college majors actually lead: 479 occupations their graduates commonly move into, each carrying its federal median wage, projected employment change, annual openings and typical entry education from the NueCareer career bank.

A major is a body of study, not a job assignment. Every list below states common destinations of people who took the degree, never an entitlement, and is ordered by how common the destination is rather than by what it pays. Destinations whose BLS "typical education needed for entry" is a master's or a doctoral or professional degree are marked on each page, because that difference is four years versus seven.

| Major | Common destinations | Median of destination medians | Need a graduate degree | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Computer Science | 14 | $105,235 | 1 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/computer-science |
| Nursing | 13 | $97,550 | 4 of 13 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/nursing |
| Mechanical Engineering | 15 | $104,920 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/mechanical-engineering |
| Civil Engineering | 14 | $100,840 | 1 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/civil-engineering |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | 14 | $122,930 | 0 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/electrical-computer-engineering |
| Business Administration | 15 | $102,320 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/business-administration |
| Finance and Accounting | 15 | $94,160 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/finance-accounting |
| Marketing | 15 | $78,760 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/marketing |
| Psychology | 15 | $66,940 | 9 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/psychology |
| Biology | 14 | $93,455 | 4 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/biology |
| Chemistry | 15 | $88,720 | 3 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/chemistry |
| Education | 15 | $64,370 | 4 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/education |
| Communications and Journalism | 15 | $75,420 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/communications-journalism |
| Graphic Design | 14 | $82,435 | 0 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/graphic-design |
| Political Science and Pre-Law | 15 | $80,730 | 5 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/political-science |
| Environmental Science | 15 | $82,220 | 1 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/environmental-science |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 15 | $64,070 | 5 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/kinesiology |
| Social Work | 14 | $60,320 | 6 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/social-work |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 15 | $105,650 | 6 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/mathematics-statistics |
| Hospitality and Event Management | 15 | $63,580 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/hospitality-event-management |
| Criminal Justice | 15 | $76,210 | 1 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/criminal-justice |
| Sociology | 15 | $69,460 | 5 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/sociology |
| Public Health | 14 | $81,475 | 3 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/public-health |
| Philosophy | 14 | $77,415 | 2 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/philosophy |
| Health Science | 13 | $67,880 | 2 of 13 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/health-science |
| History | 15 | $76,910 | 6 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/history |
| Anthropology | 15 | $69,460 | 6 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/anthropology |
| English | 15 | $76,910 | 3 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/english |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 13 | $64,070 | 0 of 13 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/nutrition |
| Art History | 14 | $72,295 | 4 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/art-history |
| Information Technology | 15 | $116,580 | 0 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/information-technology |
| Human Resources | 14 | $88,075 | 0 of 14 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/human-resources |
| Economics | 15 | $105,650 | 3 of 15 | https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors/economics |

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology