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
41	Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$47,990	$67,826	$104,398
42	Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$49,399	$67,343	$71,298
43	Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	$41,396	$67,214	$86,460
44	Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$42,891	$66,572	$94,732
45	History	$45,919	$66,224	$84,015
46	Journalism	$44,795	$65,758	$85,493
47	Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$39,899	$65,521	$82,129
48	Geography and Cartography	$45,833	$65,211	$78,728
49	Family and Consumer Sciences, General	$46,465	$65,035	$83,018
50	Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	$42,746	$64,798	$71,728
51	Philosophy	$41,647	$64,678	$90,894
52	Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$59,103	$64,257	$68,904
53	Neuroscience and Neurobiology	$37,192	$64,175	—
54	Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$53,032	$63,955	$66,338
55	Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$42,808	$63,689	$76,224
56	Sociology	$45,700	$63,530	$83,229
57	Music	$52,513	$63,485	$76,828
58	Psychology, General	$40,360	$63,083	$82,699
59	Linguistics and Comparative Language Studies	$42,427	$62,322	$72,436
60	English Language and Literature, General	$43,940	$62,026	$75,915

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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.