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
21	Human Resources Management and Services	$43,603	$60,738	$67,887
22	Educational/Instructional Media Design	$41,187	$60,696	$76,224
23	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$46,728	$60,442	$75,672
24	Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$26,543	$59,232	$69,934
25	Teacher Education, Specific Subject Areas	$38,101	$59,062	$67,343
26	Mathematics	$44,129	$58,968	$73,376
27	Political Science and Government	$32,778	$56,045	$77,576
28	Communication and Media Studies	$38,436	$55,924	$73,027
29	Geography and Cartography	$37,984	$55,181	$68,521
30	Special Education and Teaching	$43,763	$55,084	$64,702
31	Health and Medical Administrative Services	$35,607	$54,453	$63,522
32	Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$35,338	$54,376	$66,932
33	Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$38,406	$54,216	$67,621
34	Biology, General	$32,658	$53,073	$68,744
35	Family and Consumer Sciences, General	$35,312	$52,774	$65,655
36	Philosophy	$45,751	$52,165	$61,332
37	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$32,883	$51,099	$69,154
38	History	$32,011	$51,095	$61,427
39	Music	$34,550	$49,831	$60,130
40	Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	$34,480	$49,555	$64,085

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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.