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Top Majors at Lamar University

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# Major Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10
21 Biology, General $35,512 $62,478 $94,389
22 Human Resources Management and Services $43,791 $62,105 $73,832
23 Business/Commerce, General $46,370 $61,789 $78,977
24 Health and Physical Education/Fitness $36,194 $60,353 $69,715
25 Music $44,276 $60,095 $68,521
26 Criminal Justice and Corrections $44,081 $59,761 $63,777
27 Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services $35,626 $59,253 $67,254
28 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other $46,014 $57,314 $61,093
29 Communication and Media Studies $38,233 $55,495 $66,568
30 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities $40,801 $55,492 $62,529
31 Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General $34,701 $54,503 $66,976
32 Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services $31,089 $54,453 $62,818
33 Social Work $42,322 $54,097 $62,949
34 Family and Consumer Sciences, General $35,391 $53,279 $59,848
35 History $35,655 $52,813 $64,338
36 Psychology, General $32,968 $52,013 $63,533
37 English Language and Literature, General $37,753 $51,223 $61,003
38 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services $37,984 $50,311 $58,476
39 Design and Applied Arts $34,085 $49,718 $56,620
40 Sociology $40,989 $49,539 $60,144

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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.