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General Studies
CIP 2401 · offered at 2,281 colleges · national median earnings $45,366 · median debt $13,352
CollegeMedian earnings
Isothermal Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$6,625 debt$34,997Northwest State Community College · OH · Public · Associate's Degree$8,730 debt$34,870Wilkes Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$7,250 debt$34,852Louisburg College · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$15,750 debt$34,839Bishop State Community College · AL · Public · Associate's Degree$8,355 debt$34,784Hinds Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$9,603 debt$34,536East Central Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$5,646 debt$34,510Pennsylvania Highlands Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,488 debt$34,470CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$34,464Black River Technical College · AR · Public · Associate's Degree$10,428 debt$34,452University of Toledo · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$39,961 debt$34,428Seminole State College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$8,610 debt$34,420University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$10,084 debt$34,342University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$10,084 debt$34,342University of New Mexico-Taos Campus · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$10,084 debt$34,342University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$10,084 debt$34,342Madisonville Community College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$9,218 debt$34,313John A Logan College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$7,250 debt$34,096The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga · TN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$34,020Southwestern Oklahoma State University · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$22,500 debt$33,988Holmes Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$11,789 debt$33,906Luna Community College · NM · Public · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$33,903Lackawanna College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$16,000 debt$33,861Garden City Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$8,400 debt$33,834Arkansas Baptist College · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$33,630Palo Alto College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$33,578Western Oklahoma State College · OK · Public · Associate's Degree$6,308 debt$33,501Pratt Community College · KS · Public · Associate's Degree$9,500 debt$33,452Bladen Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$33,421Northwest Nazarene University · ID · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$33,265Southeast New Mexico College · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$33,240Cottey College · MO · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$12,000 debt$33,236San Juan College · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$6,402 debt$33,178College of the Redwoods · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$33,170Piedmont Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$32,905Pillar College · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$12,988 debt$32,875Fresno City College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$32,697Salem Community College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$32,410Ventura College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$32,408Big Sandy Community and Technical College · KY · Public · Associate's Degree$8,129 debt$32,087Where 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.