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General Studies
CIP 2401 · offered at 2,281 colleges · national median earnings $45,366 · median debt $13,352
CollegeMedian earnings
Johnston Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$5,812 debt$41,119Brigham Young University-Idaho · ID · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$10,731 debt$41,106Hill College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$9,098 debt$41,086Mountain Gateway Community College · VA · Public · Associate's Degree$41,082North Arkansas College · AR · Public · Associate's Degree$8,949 debt$41,073Hazard Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$10,442 debt$41,046Westmoreland County Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$41,034Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$13,000 debt$41,031Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$41,021Laredo College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$41,019Nash Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$12,750 debt$40,987Walters State Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$40,973University of Hawaii at Manoa · HI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,877 debt$40,970Cowley County Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$8,000 debt$40,969Iowa Lakes Community College · IA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,003 debt$40,957Pensacola State College · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$6,660 debt$40,919West Shore Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$9,387 debt$40,909North Central Missouri College · MO · Public · Associate's Degree$9,638 debt$40,900CUNY Bronx Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$7,000 debt$40,896Cochise County Community College District · AZ · Public · Associate's Degree$10,164 debt$40,889Lincoln University · MO · Public · Bachelor's Degree$43,382 debt$40,887Parkland College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$9,250 debt$40,885Lorain County Community College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$12,060 debt$40,878Lassen Community College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$40,852Cloud County Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$8,250 debt$40,850South Florida State College · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$5,908 debt$40,830Bay de Noc Community College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$40,825York County Community College · ME · Public · Associate's Degree$40,815Northwest Vista College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$40,809SUNY College of Technology at Delhi · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$14,250 debt$40,802Glenville State University · WV · Public · Associate's Degree$20,494 debt$40,784Nicolet Area Technical College · WI · Public · Associate's Degree$8,250 debt$40,783Genesee Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$10,064 debt$40,776Honolulu Community College · HI · Public · Associate's Degree$9,236 debt$40,763Belhaven University · MS · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$34,907 debt$40,751Richland Community College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$8,125 debt$40,715Bluefield State University · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,655 debt$40,711Greenfield Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$8,750 debt$40,696Northeast Community College · NE · Public · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$40,686Trinity International University-Illinois · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$40,674Where 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.