Highest-Paying Area & Ethnic Studies Programs
Colleges whose area & ethnic studies graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 176 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#1
University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
#4
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
#6
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
- 1University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, MD · Public$55,964Compare nearby
- 2Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Private$50,465Compare nearby
- 3Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY · Private$47,394Compare nearby
- 4Trinity CollegeHartford, CT · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 5New York UniversityNew York, NY · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 6Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · Private$46,087Compare nearby
- 7Barnard CollegeNew York, NY · Private$44,170Compare nearby
- 8Stanford UniversityStanford, CA · Private$44,170Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Computer Science#2
- Biological Sciences#3
- Engineering Technology#3
- Most Selective Colleges in America#3
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#4
- Psychology#6
- the Highest SAT Averages#6
- the Highest ACT Scores#7
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#7
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#7
- Social Sciences#8
- Engineering#10
- English Language & Literature#18
- Multidisciplinary Studies#22
- Are Least Likely to Leave#24
- 9Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA · Private$43,661Compare nearby
- 10Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN · Private$42,774Compare nearby
- 11Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, MI · Private$42,682Compare nearby
- 12CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY · Public$42,682Compare nearby
- 13Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY · Private$42,682Compare nearby
- 14University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · Private$41,937Compare nearby
- 15Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · Private$41,725Compare nearby
- 16Connecticut CollegeNew London, CT · Private$41,565Compare nearby
- 17University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD · Public$41,565Compare nearby
- 18La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Private$41,193Compare nearby
- 19Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private$40,825Compare nearby
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- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#3
- the Highest ACT Scores#4
- Most Selective Colleges in America#4
- Foreign Languages#5
- the Highest SAT Averages#8
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#9
- History#16
- Mathematics & Statistics#16
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#18
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#21
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#25
- Computer Science#25
- Social Sciences#25
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#25
- 20Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA · Private$40,781Compare nearby
- 21Nevada State UniversityHenderson, NV · Public$40,647Compare nearby
- 22Towson UniversityTowson, MD · Public$39,781Compare nearby
- 23Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME · Private$39,729Compare nearby
- 24Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA · Private$39,729Compare nearby
- 25Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private$39,369Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Public Administration#1
- Mathematics & Statistics#11
- Psychology#11
- Communications#13
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#17
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#19
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#19
- Computer Science#20
- the Highest ACT Scores#21
- Architecture#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#22
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#23
- Are Least Likely to Leave#23
- the Highest SAT Averages#23
- Most Selective Colleges in America#23
How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several area & ethnic studies programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 176 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
A single measure is a narrow way to judge a college. Read this alongside the others, and see the methodology for what these figures do and do not capture.
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