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Top Majors at North Carolina State University

NC · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 73 majors with data

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# Major Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10
1 Computer Science $79,430 $105,676 $129,858
2 Computer Engineering $77,531 $105,148 $134,711
3 Nuclear Engineering $84,170 $104,847 $137,136
4 Electrical and Electronics Engineering $77,500 $102,263 $130,704
5 Chemical Engineering $81,677 $101,678 $125,996
6 Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering $72,273 $98,373 $124,316
7 Industrial Engineering $75,913 $95,711 $116,590
8 Mechanical Engineering $73,917 $94,517 $118,219
9 Engineering, General $71,184 $90,815 $105,599
10 Materials Engineering $71,093 $90,137 $114,831
11 Construction Engineering $67,797 $88,381 $113,741
12 Biomedical/Medical Engineering $67,359 $88,148 $119,260
13 Applied Mathematics $58,768 $87,772 $113,011
14 Business/Managerial Economics $57,663 $87,397 $126,813
15 Statistics $54,648 $87,123 $110,705
16 Civil Engineering $64,740 $83,771 $104,353
17 Forestry $62,487 $83,118 $97,680
18 Agricultural Engineering $61,446 $82,397 $100,464
19 Physics $48,487 $82,300 $113,650
20 Accounting and Related Services $46,157 $81,289 $106,295

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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.