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
41	Linguistics and Comparative Language Studies	$39,184	$61,332	—
42	Environmental Control Technologies	$45,607	$61,284	$77,901
43	International/Global Studies	$40,893	$61,213	$81,357
44	Landscape Architecture	$45,480	$61,085	$73,014
45	Political Science and Government	$38,348	$60,990	$81,180
46	Communication and Media Studies	$39,713	$60,211	$76,770
47	Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	$43,588	$59,577	$76,015
48	Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$34,732	$58,483	$75,224
49	Environmental/Natural Resources Management	$41,326	$57,966	$68,249
50	Philosophy	$33,691	$57,619	$81,403
51	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$35,681	$57,352	$82,300
52	Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$37,545	$55,982	$74,596
53	Criminology	$38,015	$55,945	$68,324
54	Teacher Education, Specific Subject Areas	$47,709	$54,784	$65,379
55	Social Work	$36,004	$54,282	$59,996
56	Psychology, General	$33,978	$54,209	$67,195
57	Plant Sciences	$40,492	$53,778	$64,859
58	Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	$36,065	$53,606	$65,552
59	Animal Sciences	$34,817	$53,193	$73,034
60	History	$33,675	$53,117	$68,766

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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.