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Top Majors at Ball State University

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# Major Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10
41 Hospitality Administration/Management $35,528 $51,694
42 Music $36,314 $51,647 $62,136
43 Public Health $36,514 $51,505 $65,194
44 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics $37,841 $50,995 $63,818
45 Radio, Television, and Digital Communication $33,429 $50,569 $64,321
46 Teacher Education, Specific Levels and Methods $40,133 $50,069 $55,451
47 Engineering Technologies, Other $35,528 $49,804 $55,713
48 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities $36,219 $49,222 $55,311
49 Design and Applied Arts $36,766 $48,943
50 Family and Consumer Sciences, General $35,081 $48,840 $57,867
51 Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics $25,287 $47,878 $50,831
52 Sociology $33,068 $46,868 $55,464
53 Psychology, General $31,566 $46,858 $56,840
54 History $31,119 $46,402 $56,265
55 Classics and Classical Languages $34,840 $46,055 $54,757
56 Social Work $36,853 $45,951 $52,261
57 Philosophy $27,979 $45,946 $50,227
58 English Language and Literature, General $32,707 $45,699 $56,359
59 Fine and Studio Arts $33,913 $45,658 $54,993
60 East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics $38,279 $43,588 $54,051

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.