Biological and Physical Sciences

473 programs at U.S. colleges award 28,429 credentials a year in this field (CIP 30.01). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $58,891 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown, VA	$37,850	$7,101	133
College of Lake County Grayslake, IL	$37,724	—	119
Riverside City College Riverside, CA	$33,201	$8,500	493
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago, IL	$33,115	—	92
Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA	$31,960	—	344
Shasta College Redding, CA	$31,415	—	114
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	$30,605	$9,259	171
Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL	$30,509	—	112
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago, IL	$30,203	$4,800	112
Southwestern Illinois College Belleville, IL	$29,678	$4,500	116
Triton College River Grove, IL	$29,069	$7,875	166
American River College Sacramento, CA	$29,022	—	295
McHenry County College Crystal Lake, IL	$28,614	$6,875	137
Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA	$27,786	$6,000	69
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago, IL	$27,451	$6,125	167
Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL	$27,320	$6,500	103
William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL	$27,081	$6,375	440
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago, IL	$26,939	—	28
Victor Valley College Victorville, CA	$26,780	—	383
Parkland College Champaign, IL	$26,547	$7,000	116
Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto, CA	$26,228	—	619
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL	$26,130	—	145
Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA	$25,468	$9,250	97
Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA	$25,393	—	11
Cerritos College Norwalk, CA	$25,221	—	259

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$75,418	$19,000	61
Thomas Edison State University Trenton, NJ	$69,480	$10,950	69
Washington State University Pullman, WA	$46,288	$18,853	28
Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	$44,525	$27,000	18
Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN	$41,561	$21,278	17
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$39,296	$26,455	95
University of Oregon Eugene, OR	$38,285	$21,500	97
Portland State University Portland, OR	$37,419	$21,720	133
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	$36,709	$24,000	74
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$36,362	—	67
University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX	$35,952	$21,765	25
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	$35,639	$25,887	1
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA	$35,639	$25,887	2
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA	$35,639	$25,887	16
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$35,639	$25,887	89
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	$35,639	$25,887	12
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA	$35,639	$25,887	14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA	$35,639	$25,887	3
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA	$35,639	$25,887	0
Whitworth University Spokane, WA	$34,703	$25,000	50
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$34,380	$23,815	82
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA	$34,380	$23,815	0
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA	$34,380	$23,815	7
New College of Florida Sarasota, FL	$32,858	$16,655	45
University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK	$32,699	$17,258	37

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	$96,037	$41,000	1
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$96,037	$41,000	115
Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	$96,037	$41,000	0
Keck Graduate Institute Claremont, CA	$68,706	$57,648	88
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	$60,746	—	14
University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	$46,202	$36,790	35
The University of Montana Missoula, MT	$38,426	—	0
Touro University New York, NY	$15,051	$50,356	112