Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

3,851 programs at U.S. colleges award 510,221 credentials a year in this field (CIP 24.01). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $53,072 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$79,921	$17,845	51
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	$74,308	$12,652	11
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$74,308	$12,652	15
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA	$74,308	$12,652	1
Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI	$51,663	$9,744	1,718
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	$40,717	$27,437	39
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	$38,780	—	—
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Chicago, IL	$36,908	—	118
Edison State Community College Piqua, OH	$36,016	$11,812	0
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA	$33,628	—	1,371
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$33,236	$19,841	—
San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CA	$33,015	—	156
San Diego City College San Diego, CA	$32,438	—	135
Luna Community College Las Vegas, NM	$32,091	—	13
NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR	$31,922	$8,500	207
Vincennes University Vincennes, IN	$31,882	$12,000	952
San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA	$31,804	—	275
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	$31,688	$9,805	74
College of Western Idaho Nampa, ID	$31,439	$9,224	—
Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR	$31,280	$12,834	—
Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA	$31,228	$9,250	38
Santiago Canyon College Orange, CA	$31,050	$4,688	908
Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA	$29,879	—	390
Chesapeake College Wye Mills, MD	$29,611	—	1
Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar, IA	$29,491	$11,086	—

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Maria College of Albany Albany, NY	$60,857	—	6
Oklahoma Panhandle State University Goodwell, OK	$57,445	$11,618	38
Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL	$55,667	$16,266	99
American Public University System Charles Town, WV	$52,108	$9,500	1,612
Marion Technical College Marion, OH	$51,927	$7,733	61
Thomas Edison State University Trenton, NJ	$50,524	$15,421	70
Excelsior University Albany, NY	$50,464	$5,220	144
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Kirkland, WA	$47,645	$12,000	10
Northwest University Kirkland, WA	$47,645	$12,000	2
Columbia College Columbia, MO	$47,598	$17,447	342
Winona State University Winona, MN	$46,673	$12,000	40
Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ	$46,084	$9,000	458
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	$43,806	$13,168	1,042
Mountwest Community and Technical College Huntington, WV	$43,753	$9,600	27
Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH	$43,602	$17,000	22
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN	$43,511	$16,500	34
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Marion, IN	$43,511	$16,500	11
Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL	$41,989	$24,000	120
Inver Hills Community College Inver Grove Heights, MN	$41,906	$11,802	227
National University San Diego, CA	$41,545	$10,500	142
Baltimore City Community College Baltimore, MD	$41,120	—	105
University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	$41,071	$7,912	2,284
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$40,995	$12,500	1
Boise State University Boise, ID	$40,886	$13,959	180
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	$40,658	$16,500	26

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$103,135	$11,935	11
DePaul University Chicago, IL	$84,066	$37,499	119
Molloy University Rockville Centre, NY	$74,868	$29,337	24
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$72,333	$26,000	2
Champlain College Burlington, VT	$71,207	$12,500	14
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$66,719	—	24
Thomas More University Crestview Hills, KY	$62,607	$19,372	27
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$62,470	$24,548	52
American Public University System Charles Town, WV	$62,059	—	97
Yale University New Haven, CT	$61,133	$15,750	27
National University San Diego, CA	$57,429	$25,000	31
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$56,778	$19,500	—
Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA	$56,094	$27,000	47
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	$55,339	$13,023	1,312
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI	$54,436	$19,672	97
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	$53,766	$29,449	10
University of St Thomas Houston, TX	$53,187	$23,326	29
Regis College Weston, MA	$52,559	$27,000	0
Excelsior University Albany, NY	$52,429	$7,925	1,143
Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL	$51,054	$26,000	18
Athens State University Athens, AL	$50,903	$20,832	68
William Jewell College Liberty, MO	$50,663	$25,000	9
University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	$50,614	$26,175	28
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	$50,438	$25,000	21
Trinity Washington University Washington, DC	$50,283	$30,500	6

Highest-paying Post-baccalaureate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$59,139	—	—

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$94,745	—	10
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$78,929	$33,244	1
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$74,387	$19,633	66
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$68,293	—	27
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$68,115	$25,780	0
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	$64,717	$41,000	135
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN	$63,938	$24,660	44
DePaul University Chicago, IL	$62,334	$74,928	8
CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	$59,752	$21,000	36
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$57,967	—	33
Fort Hays State University Hays, KS	$56,503	$24,600	23
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	$55,687	—	19
Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	$55,570	$37,889	67
University of Memphis Memphis, TN	$55,105	$41,964	21
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN	$53,388	—	30
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	$52,522	$25,775	13
Duke University Durham, NC	$51,346	—	23
American Public University System Charles Town, WV	$50,920	$44,003	26
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$50,299	—	—
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	$50,299	—	1
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$48,700	—	12
North Central College Naperville, IL	$48,607	—	0
University of St Thomas Houston, TX	$47,652	$41,000	8
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$45,147	$37,801	35
St. John's College Annapolis, MD	$43,899	—	26

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	$64,534	—	11

Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA	$102,843	—	—
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$88,954	—	—
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	$57,958	$57,501	—
Rend Lake College Ina, IL	$25,516	—	—