Home / Majors / General Studies
General Studies
CIP 2401 · offered at 2,281 colleges · national median earnings $45,366 · median debt $13,352
CollegeMedian earnings
Midland College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$43,092Morton College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$43,070University of Illinois Springfield · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$29,467 debt$43,026South Puget Sound Community College · WA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$43,024North Iowa Area Community College · IA · Public · Associate's Degree$9,335 debt$43,023Illinois Valley Community College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$6,800 debt$43,004University of Delaware · DE · Public · Associate's Degree$6,500 debt$42,988Iowa Western Community College · IA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,193 debt$42,987Lakeland Community College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$13,000 debt$42,979Leeward Community College · HI · Public · Associate's Degree$9,387 debt$42,977Grays Harbor College · WA · Public · Associate's Degree$6,500 debt$42,966CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$8,057 debt$42,950Northwest Shoals Community College · AL · Public · Associate's Degree$10,000 debt$42,932Hutchinson Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$8,750 debt$42,919University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$31,000 debt$42,902Pasco-Hernando State College · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$8,500 debt$42,899Jacksonville State University · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,546 debt$42,864Southern Maine Community College · ME · Public · Associate's Degree$10,250 debt$42,858The College of the Florida Keys · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$7,285 debt$42,831Chesapeake College · MD · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$5,500 debt$42,821Danville Area Community College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$7,912 debt$42,813Connecticut State Community College · CT · Public · Associate's Degree$6,050 debt$42,789Alexandria Technical & Community College · MN · Public · Associate's Degree$8,250 debt$42,774Clark College · WA · Public · Associate's Degree$9,496 debt$42,765Blue Ridge Community and Technical College · WV · Public · Associate's Degree$17,500 debt$42,762Alamance Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$6,625 debt$42,755Monroe Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$42,755Midlands Technical College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$14,550 debt$42,751Virginia Peninsula Community College · VA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$10,375 debt$42,746Lane Community College · OR · Public · Associate's Degree$8,262 debt$42,735Dean College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$17,500 debt$42,723Bowling Green State University-Firelands · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$18,500 debt$42,697Bowling Green State University-Main Campus · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$18,500 debt$42,697Southeastern Louisiana University · LA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,541 debt$42,692Hopkinsville Community College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$42,671Vermont State University · VT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$42,671Durham Technical Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$11,321 debt$42,665Montgomery Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$42,654Neosho County Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$8,600 debt$42,621Norco College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$8,203 debt$42,615Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.