Top Majors at Salem State University

MA · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 28 majors with data

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
1	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research	$79,128	$95,876	$107,201
2	Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$60,927	$91,987	—
3	Finance and Financial Management Services	$53,243	$80,088	$112,807
4	Accounting and Related Services	$54,598	$76,946	$95,590
5	Biology, General	$43,983	$75,287	$94,046
6	Marketing	$47,850	$71,748	$86,799
7	Human Resources Management and Services	$46,073	$70,211	$76,015
8	International Business	$53,718	$70,135	$94,732
9	Business Administration and Management	$49,531	$69,851	$90,933
10	Criminal Justice and Corrections	$47,172	$69,004	$84,805
11	Political Science and Government	$43,047	$65,986	$72,585
12	Social Work	$44,669	$61,380	$71,728
13	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$45,014	$60,761	$70,870
14	Sociology	$40,484	$60,639	$62,818
15	Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$40,808	$59,267	$79,495
16	Geography and Cartography	$39,731	$59,037	$74,872
17	Teacher Education, Specific Levels and Methods	$37,003	$58,132	$69,481
18	Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$36,785	$56,970	$72,585
19	Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$37,592	$56,877	$66,779
20	Hospitality Administration/Management	$39,793	$55,836	$69,154

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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.