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Top Majors at University of Texas at Austin

TX · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 75 majors with data

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# Major Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10
1 Petroleum Engineering $129,468 $182,751 $263,536
2 Business/Commerce, General $97,875 $140,154 $214,874
3 Computer and Information Sciences, General $99,294 $128,592 $157,467
4 Electrical and Electronics Engineering $93,235 $121,549 $157,043
5 Chemical Engineering $95,701 $120,123 $160,391
6 Finance and Financial Management Services $80,895 $118,792 $165,710
7 Management Information Systems and Services $82,969 $114,278 $145,104
8 Mechanical Engineering $87,271 $111,509 $143,327
9 Accounting and Related Services $73,936 $111,500 $164,755
10 Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering $78,603 $103,863 $131,768
11 Civil Engineering $76,807 $98,459 $123,649
12 Architectural Engineering $73,785 $97,365 $120,818
13 Business Administration and Management $71,179 $96,599 $126,977
14 Economics $62,544 $95,130 $130,062
15 Marketing $61,278 $88,411 $120,035
16 Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences $57,593 $87,596 $110,169
17 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research $76,488 $86,953 $106,435
18 Mathematics $66,998 $85,784 $110,552
19 Biomedical/Medical Engineering $76,654 $83,996 $144,243
20 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities $60,325 $82,546 $141,335

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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.