PlainCollege

Area Studies

429
Schools
Bachelor's
Credential Level
$46,006
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$29,685
25th %ile
$38,127
Median
$44,384
75th %ile
$54,435
Max
$77,707
$29,685 $77,707

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Emory University GA 46 $77,707 $19,500
University of California-Berkeley CA 103 $77,557 $14,839
Cornell University NY 54 $75,147 $17,250
Dartmouth College NH 41 $71,072 $16,520
The University of Alabama AL 20 $69,936 —
Williams College MA 21 $67,794 —
George Washington University DC 29 $65,259 $24,064
Columbia University in the City of New York NY 62 $63,437 $21,636
University of Southern California CA 22 $62,809 —
Yale University CT 46 $62,139 —
William & Mary VA 38 $59,898 $13,000
University of Maryland-College Park MD 25 $59,629 $17,750
Fordham University NY 48 $59,590 $26,000
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA 2 $59,351 $21,965
University of Missouri-Columbia MO 76 $59,123 $21,000
Iowa State University IA 14 $57,606 —
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 55 $56,039 $13,821
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 193 $55,743 $14,845
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA 6 $55,743 $14,845
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA 5 $55,743 $14,845
Brigham Young University UT 69 $55,711 $11,229
University of California-Los Angeles CA 100 $55,626 $17,090
Wellesley College MA 41 $55,437 $9,600
Brandeis University MA 70 $55,201 $26,000
Tufts University MA 30 $54,435 —
Miami University-Oxford OH 55 $54,114 $20,526
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 18 $53,328 —
American University DC 18 $52,509 $25,000
Georgetown University DC 25 $52,107 —
California State University-Long Beach CA 65 $51,163 $15,348
University of Richmond VA 33 $51,138 $19,000
Siena Heights University MI 16 $50,370 —
Amherst College MA 28 $49,923 —
DePaul University IL 11 $49,242 $24,500
State University of New York at New Paltz NY 11 $49,226 —
Colby College ME 22 $48,989 —
Brown University RI 78 $48,838 $12,000
University of Maryland Global Campus MD 38 $48,650 —
Dickinson College PA 31 $48,099 $19,802
California State University-Fullerton CA 68 $47,728 $17,500
Connecticut College CT 33 $46,469 $21,220
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ 3 $45,748 —
University of Arizona AZ 42 $45,324 $23,750
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD 18 $44,928 $21,879
Florida State University FL 18 $44,916 —
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 16 $44,744 $22,015
University of California-Davis CA 28 $44,722 $14,167
Utah State University UT 54 $44,503 $13,000
University of Hartford CT — $44,424 —
University of the Pacific CA 0 $44,384 —
Nevada State University NV — $44,178 $23,861
Azusa Pacific University CA 4 $43,901 —
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI 19 $43,898 $25,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 247 $43,478 $13,261
La Salle University PA 6 $43,240 —
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 31 $42,881 $20,196
Saint Mary's College of California CA 1 $42,682 —
California State University-Chico CA 17 $42,575 $16,500
Bowdoin College ME 58 $42,123 $24,000
Harvard University MA 26 $41,937 —
Oberlin College OH 43 $41,849 $24,951
Virginia Commonwealth University VA 57 $41,752 $22,625
The University of Texas at Austin TX 63 $41,646 $20,750
Temple University PA 2 $41,483 $25,000
Middlebury College VT 23 $40,843 $11,593
Furman University SC 19 $40,585 —
Smith College MA 40 $40,081 $19,000
Hobart William Smith Colleges NY 26 $39,939 $24,000
Barnard College NY 32 $39,648 $19,000
Occidental College CA 9 $39,369 —
University of San Francisco CA 16 $39,369 —
Millersville University of Pennsylvania PA 13 $38,959 $24,964
University of California-Santa Barbara CA 27 $38,467 $22,697
Mary Baldwin University VA 2 $38,198 —
Tulane University of Louisiana LA 18 $38,127 —
Vanderbilt University TN 22 $37,208 —
University of Oregon OR 17 $36,916 $21,003
St Olaf College MN 25 $36,676 $21,000
Towson University MD 12 $36,141 —
Trinity College CT 36 $36,115 —
University of Notre Dame IN 24 $35,416 $18,250
University of Illinois Chicago IL 16 $35,196 —
University of Iowa IA 22 $33,993 $27,000
Rider University NJ 0 $33,993 —
University of California-Riverside CA 20 $32,358 —
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC 37 $32,064 $19,500
University of Kansas KS 25 $31,851 —
Boston University MA 15 $31,851 —
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire WI 5 $31,848 —
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI 9 $31,839 —
Colgate University NY 15 $31,551 —
George Mason University VA 8 $31,133 —
University of California-Irvine CA 19 $30,897 —
Washington University in St Louis MO 29 $30,716 —
University of Connecticut CT 12 $29,732 —
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT 0 $29,732 —
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT 0 $29,732 —
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT 0 $29,732 —
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT 0 $29,732 —
University of Portland OR 6 $29,685 —

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.