Top Majors at Western Illinois University

IL · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 53 majors with data

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#	Major	Year 1	Year 5 Median	Year 10
1	Computer and Information Sciences, General	$55,731	$82,090	$104,398
2	Construction Management	$56,406	$82,014	$105,599
3	Engineering Technologies, General	$59,353	$81,320	$99,674
4	Management Information Systems and Services	$53,664	$75,209	$98,975
5	Fire Protection	$39,425	$74,186	—
6	Business/Managerial Economics	$44,549	$72,585	$90,782
7	Physics	$65,986	$72,585	$126,300
8	Industrial Production Technologies	$48,213	$70,870	$76,015
9	Accounting and Related Services	$47,062	$69,010	$87,867
10	Marketing	$44,087	$66,703	$85,185
11	Criminal Justice and Corrections	$39,555	$66,634	$84,637
12	Business Administration and Management	$45,990	$65,343	$82,929
13	Finance and Financial Management Services	$42,539	$64,986	$88,274
14	Chemistry	$39,769	$63,384	$79,157
15	Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting, Other	$37,041	$61,827	$107,201
16	Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	$43,293	$61,332	$85,137
17	Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	$50,311	$61,218	$78,843
18	Agriculture, General	$46,313	$60,998	$76,209
19	Economics	$39,998	$60,961	$85,242
20	Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$48,742	$60,828	$72,018

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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.