Top Majors at Portland State University

OR · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 55 majors with data

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
21	Architecture	$42,452	$63,151	$80,459
22	Design and Applied Arts	$41,796	$61,827	$73,014
23	Criminal Justice and Corrections	$43,183	$61,642	$77,173
24	Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$31,292	$61,357	$70,012
25	Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$38,050	$60,144	$73,614
26	Social Work	$40,891	$59,140	$74,872
27	Teacher Education, Specific Subject Areas	$40,342	$58,799	$65,698
28	Political Science and Government	$37,592	$57,834	$74,151
29	Communication and Media Studies	$39,032	$57,152	$70,727
30	Social Sciences, Other	$42,006	$56,877	$84,962
31	Biology, General	$36,048	$56,877	$81,961
32	Geography and Cartography	$37,206	$55,935	$73,347
33	Public Health	$36,147	$55,522	$71,541
34	Social Sciences, General	$38,655	$54,536	$65,907
35	Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$35,490	$54,351	$66,779
36	Community Organization and Advocacy	$39,745	$53,543	$81,133
37	Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$33,561	$52,832	$66,955
38	Linguistics and Comparative Language Studies	$32,130	$52,435	$60,342
39	Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$37,915	$52,401	$61,630
40	Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$35,772	$51,658	$64,528

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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.