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Top Majors at South Carolina State University

SC · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 29 majors with data

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# Major Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10
1 Nuclear Engineering $53,107 $86,929 $99,192
2 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies $67,654 $81,106 $88,977
3 Mechanical Engineering Technologies $54,615 $79,471 $91,987
4 Industrial Production Technologies $43,647 $72,966 $82,614
5 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research $53,288 $69,786 $79,032
6 Civil Engineering Technologies $42,505 $64,652 $78,335
7 Computer and Information Sciences, General $36,821 $56,473 $68,408
8 Agricultural Business and Management $32,492 $55,665 $53,343
9 Teacher Education, Specific Levels and Methods $42,173 $53,040 $60,201
10 Mathematics $39,752 $52,765 $64,834
11 Accounting and Related Services $34,444 $51,223 $60,533
12 Chemistry $25,070 $50,441 $73,271
13 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services $34,494 $47,826 $60,738
14 Marketing $33,890 $47,483 $56,386
15 Business Administration and Management $33,372 $46,725 $53,833
16 Teacher Education, Specific Subject Areas $31,598 $45,644 $57,791
17 Political Science and Government $27,866 $45,615 $50,858
18 Sociology $28,969 $44,700 $56,877
19 Criminal Justice and Corrections $31,089 $44,303 $50,747
20 Biology, General $27,967 $43,081 $56,579

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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.