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General Studies
CIP 2401 · offered at 2,281 colleges · national median earnings $45,366 · median debt $13,352
CollegeMedian earnings
South Arkansas College · AR · Public · Associate's Degree$17,650 debt$31,979Houghton University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$31,881Richard Bland College · VA · Public · Associate's Degree$12,587 debt$31,675Northeast Mississippi Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$7,011 debt$31,597Southwest Mississippi Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$31,276Walla Walla Community College · WA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$30,699James Sprunt Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$11,278 debt$30,639Jones County Junior College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$7,000 debt$30,351Reedley College · CA · Public · Associate's Degree$30,190Roxbury Community College · MA · Public · Associate's Degree$30,083University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville · AR · Public · Associate's Degree$6,027 debt$30,074Mesalands Community College · NM · Public · Associate's Degree$30,071South Texas College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$7,500 debt$29,990Landmark College · VT · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$15,250 debt$29,951Mayland Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$29,766Southern University at Shreveport · LA · Public · Associate's Degree$21,880 debt$29,741Ashland University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$3,008 debt$29,690Haywood Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$29,080Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,040 debt$28,523Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,040 debt$28,523Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · PR · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,040 debt$28,523Chief Dull Knife College · MT · Public · Associate's Degree$28,286Virginia University of Lynchburg · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$22,500 debt$27,935Coahoma Community College · MS · Public · Associate's Degree$6,601 debt$27,753Shorter College · AR · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$37,242 debt$26,650Arkansas State University Three Rivers · AR · Public · Associate's Degree$25,453American Samoa Community College · AS · Public · Associate's Degree$24,170Northern Marianas College · MP · Public · Associate's Degree$22,348Where 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.