Top Majors at Ball State University

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
21	Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$39,281	$62,818	—
22	Landscape Architecture	$49,452	$62,610	$80,441
23	Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	$49,774	$62,520	$96,791
24	Human Resources Management and Services	$45,641	$62,289	$77,273
25	Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	$34,840	$61,218	$81,043
26	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$36,943	$58,858	$60,696
27	Specialized Sales, Merchandising, and Marketing Operations	$37,156	$57,471	—
28	Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	$29,529	$57,273	$66,741
29	Mathematics	$46,019	$54,709	$69,441
30	Legal Professions and Studies, Other	$37,720	$54,319	$68,521
31	Teacher Education, Specific Subject Areas	$38,415	$54,124	$66,367
32	Criminal Justice and Corrections	$37,300	$54,032	$62,343
33	Political Science and Government	$34,765	$53,990	$77,163
34	Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$38,341	$53,866	$65,240
35	Communication and Media Studies	$37,209	$53,735	$69,566
36	Journalism	$37,294	$53,545	$67,488
37	Social Sciences, General	$38,297	$53,477	$61,979
38	Biology, General	$32,312	$53,277	$68,408
39	Geography and Cartography	$34,107	$51,947	$63,170
40	Special Education and Teaching	$43,997	$51,915	$57,190

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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.