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General Studies
CIP 2401 · offered at 2,281 colleges · national median earnings $45,366 · median debt $13,352
CollegeMedian earnings
Central Carolina Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$41,536Mid Michigan College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$14,750 debt$41,527John Wood Community College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$8,730 debt$41,513Catawba Valley Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$6,429 debt$41,497Tri-County Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$41,496Louisiana Delta Community College · LA · Public · Associate's Degree$18,750 debt$41,492Southeastern Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$41,492New River Community College · VA · Public · Associate's Degree$10,600 debt$41,463Moberly Area Community College · MO · Public · Associate's Degree$10,993 debt$41,458Mississippi State University · MS · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,435 debt$41,446Trinity Valley Community College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$9,000 debt$41,442East Georgia State College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,500 debt$41,433Shawnee State University · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$41,424Rose State College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$41,416University of Hawaii Maui College · HI · Public · Associate's Degree$12,072 debt$41,393Tri-County Technical College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$8,750 debt$41,384Hagerstown Community College · MD · Public · Associate's Degree$11,548 debt$41,380Hudson Valley Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$10,046 debt$41,374Zane State College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$7,500 debt$41,369Texas A&M University-Texarkana · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$41,358Harding University · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,909 debt$41,328Iowa Central Community College · IA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,330 debt$41,319Kaskaskia College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$7,500 debt$41,319Passaic County Community College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$8,625 debt$41,315Randall University · OK · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$30,786 debt$41,315Motlow State Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$41,299College of the Sequoias · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$41,286Los Angeles Valley College · CA · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$9,125 debt$41,282Southeast Arkansas College · AR · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$14,484 debt$41,272Western Texas College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$8,691 debt$41,269SUNY College of Technology at Canton · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$14,750 debt$41,254Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$11,084 debt$41,244Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$11,084 debt$41,244Dodge City Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$41,238Union University · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$41,226Erie Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$10,090 debt$41,222Glen Oaks Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$41,191Brunswick Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$41,131Ellsworth Community College · IA · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$41,131Marion Military Institute · AL · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$41,131Where this field leads
Occupations that the U.S. Department of Education maps to this field of study, with national pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A crosswalk of what graduates can do — not a placement rate for any one college.
OccupationMedian payU.S. jobs
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$77,640149,840
Sources: U.S. Department of Education CIP–SOC crosswalk; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (national, latest release).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.