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General Studies
CIP 2401 · offered at 2,281 colleges · national median earnings $45,366 · median debt $13,352
CollegeMedian earnings
Lurleen B Wallace Community College · AL · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$37,675University of Arkansas-Fort Smith · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,187 debt$37,641South Georgia State College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,500 debt$37,621La Salle University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$4,004 debt$37,618South Suburban College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$37,605Jackson State Community College · TN · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$37,533Dawson Community College · MT · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$37,531Southwestern Michigan College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$10,896 debt$37,492Jamestown Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$9,280 debt$37,485Spoon River College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$37,480Somerset Community College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$12,625 debt$37,467Northwest College · WY · Public · Associate's Degree$8,000 debt$37,462Mountain Empire Community College · VA · Public · Associate's Degree$9,384 debt$37,452Coalinga College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$37,422Snow College · UT · Public · Associate's Degree$6,521 debt$37,421Bay Path University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$29,572 debt$37,411Tulsa Community College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$13,837 debt$37,405Sussex County Community College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$11,375 debt$37,399Hesston College · KS · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$37,369Life Pacific University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$37,320Wilson Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$10,000 debt$37,315Ashland Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$13,399 debt$37,274Maysville Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$12,703 debt$37,260Piedmont Technical College · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$14,000 debt$37,188Essex County College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$7,302 debt$37,177Sandhills Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$5,500 debt$37,123Barstow Community College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$37,100Berkshire Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$14,048 debt$37,035Colby Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$9,000 debt$37,032Seward County Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$7,000 debt$37,022University of Kentucky · KY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$30,690 debt$36,942Lamar Community College · CO · Public · Associate's Degree$9,300 debt$36,841University of South Carolina-Union · SC · Public · Associate's Degree$9,250 debt$36,835Georgia Military College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$9,166 debt$36,809Martin Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$36,795Robeson Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$36,751Enterprise State Community College · AL · Public · Associate's Degree$7,875 debt$36,743Northwest Mississippi Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$6,885 debt$36,723South Louisiana Community College · LA · Public · Associate's Degree$18,278 debt$36,681Sampson Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$36,671Where 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.