US College Programs
Compare programs, graduate salaries, and student debt.
Look up programs at US colleges, universities, and trade schools by state, by field, or by the career they lead to. For each one, see what graduates earn one and five years after finishing, how much federal student debt they leave with, and how it ranks in its state. Every figure comes from U.S. Department of Education and Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
A program is one degree or certificate at one school, for example the nursing bachelor's degree at UT Austin.
Browse by state
Each state page ranks its fields by graduate pay and lists every school with a program page.
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Browse by field
Each field's page ranks every state by graduate pay and debt, and lists the top programs nationwide.
Most common programs
Median first-year pay across US programs
- Business Administration (Bachelor's)$45,3961,105 programs
- Cosmetology (Certificate)$17,247961 programs
- Nursing (BSN)$74,438895 programs
- Psychology (Bachelor's)$31,479875 programs
- Nursing (ADN)$68,521845 programs
- Biology (Bachelor's)$32,212795 programs
- Liberal Arts and General Studies (Associate's)$27,139728 programs
- Teacher Education (Bachelor's)$41,955655 programs
Highest-paying bachelor's fields
Median first-year pay across US programs
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$78,915165 programs
- Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's)$77,928247 programs
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$74,70983 programs
- Nursing (BSN)$74,438895 programs
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$73,841147 programs
- Construction Engineering Technology (Bachelor's)$72,24045 programs
- Aerospace Engineering (Bachelor's)$72,21055 programs
- Electrical Engineering Technology (Bachelor's)$70,76738 programs
Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.
Browse by career
Each career's page shows pay in every state, adjusted for prices, and the programs that lead there.
Careers with the most jobs
Median pay across all experience levels, May 2025
- General and Operations Managers$105,7703,503,020 jobs
- Registered Nurses$97,5503,379,720 jobs
- Customer Service Representatives$44,7702,595,750 jobs
- General Office Clerks$45,0102,464,940 jobs
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,6402,062,040 jobs
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,5401,706,790 jobs
- Software Developers$135,9801,687,890 jobs
- Accountants and Auditors$83,6801,449,500 jobs
Where the numbers come from
- Graduate pay and debt: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
- Job pay and job counts: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Job growth: Bureau of Labor Statistics projections for 2025 to 2035.
- Price levels by state: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024.
- Every number on the site is computed from these files, and a separate program checks each page against them before it is published.