Top Majors at West Virginia University

WV · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 63 majors with data

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
1	Mining and Mineral Engineering	$89,560	$112,107	$134,202
2	Petroleum Engineering	$90,316	$111,311	$210,320
3	Computer and Information Sciences, General	$73,614	$102,715	$125,336
4	Industrial Engineering	$74,387	$98,783	$131,662
5	Electrical and Electronics Engineering	$73,894	$97,494	$121,240
6	Computer Engineering	$69,154	$96,371	$115,836
7	Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering	$69,959	$95,724	$120,380
8	Chemical Engineering	$81,126	$95,502	$121,240
9	Mechanical Engineering	$71,441	$95,080	$116,108
10	Management Information Systems and Services	$61,150	$93,971	$131,803
11	Computer Science	$63,563	$93,877	$118,327
12	Civil Engineering	$64,637	$82,208	$103,165
13	Environmental/Natural Resources Management	$50,995	$81,671	—
14	Accounting and Related Services	$51,048	$80,744	$107,154
15	Finance and Financial Management Services	$47,797	$79,607	$110,116
16	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research	$67,257	$77,980	$92,695
17	Physics	$26,659	$74,301	$102,841
18	Business/Managerial Economics	$39,842	$72,204	$107,633
19	Business Administration and Management	$43,918	$69,974	$94,112
20	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions	$60,025	$69,715	$81,347

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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.