Top Majors at Purdue University

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
21	Civil Engineering	$69,432	$88,172	$110,139
22	Accounting and Related Services	$60,342	$86,806	$116,405
23	Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	$70,870	$86,601	—
24	Engineering, Other	$67,872	$85,782	$110,730
25	Finance and Financial Management Services	$58,872	$85,430	$101,595
26	Mechanical Engineering Technologies	$61,975	$85,193	$110,096
27	Economics	$57,327	$83,317	$114,187
28	Marketing	$61,859	$81,671	—
29	Business Administration and Management	$56,541	$81,113	$106,189
30	Food Science and Technology	$63,270	$79,918	$98,944
31	Engineering-Related Technologies	$68,702	$78,529	$95,990
32	Agricultural Mechanization	$60,652	$77,568	$90,704
33	Physics	$45,751	$76,854	$111,832
34	Health Professions and Related Programs, Other	$39,646	$74,617	$100,336
35	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research	$68,060	$73,977	$83,368
36	Agricultural Business and Management	$55,354	$73,868	$92,921
37	Mathematics	$54,314	$73,576	$99,043
38	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions	$64,482	$72,384	$83,358
39	Computer Software and Media Applications	$49,344	$70,421	$88,407
40	Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology	$42,872	$68,521	$101,595

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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.