Top Majors at University of Akron (The)

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
41	Business/Commerce, General	$42,417	$57,258	$74,301
42	Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	$44,346	$55,736	$60,508
43	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$38,331	$55,647	$64,930
44	Political Science and Government	$33,248	$54,119	$67,570
45	Criminology	$33,861	$53,840	$58,858
46	Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$39,342	$53,735	$66,251
47	Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$36,708	$53,725	$67,351
48	Communication and Journalism, Other	$37,525	$53,545	$64,257
49	Teacher Education, Specific Subject Areas	$34,967	$52,878	$64,506
50	Criminal Justice and Corrections	$34,689	$52,269	$66,167
51	Special Education and Teaching	$36,073	$52,017	$66,492
52	Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$33,691	$51,223	$72,585
53	Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$34,840	$50,881	$64,402
54	Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$31,534	$50,619	$62,158
55	Social Work	$37,764	$49,994	$55,573
56	Communication and Media Studies	$33,819	$49,582	$56,877
57	Design and Applied Arts	$38,155	$49,533	$62,530
58	Journalism	$31,171	$49,328	$62,818
59	Teacher Education, Specific Levels and Methods	$31,887	$48,818	$59,126
60	Housing and Human Environments	$38,112	$48,617	$63,610

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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.