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Salaries by Major at University of California Berkeley

How much money do University of California Berkeley graduates make and which majors earn the most upon graduating? Six years after enrolling, alumni who are working have average earnings of $53,300 per year. After ten years, graduates earn $74,700 on average.

In terms of specific areas of study, the following is a ranking of degree programs by the median first-year starting salaries for UC Berkeley graduates.

The undergraduate degree which initially pays the highest is Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering with a median starting salary of $116,600 followed by Computer Science paying $114,800 and Business Administration, Management and Operations graduates who have a median starting income of $76,600 .

Looking at post-graduate and doctorate students, those completing the Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degree) program rank first with a median initial income of $160,600 followed by Law (First Professional Degree) at $135,400 and Information Science/Studies (Master's Degree) who earn $122,000 .

Note about salary data: First year earnings data are aggregated by the US Department of Education and analyzes IRS reported income for University of California Berkeley graduates who received federal financial aid in the form of grants or loans. Not all graduates or fields of study are represented as data for some degree programs are omitted for privacy purposes.

Median first-year earnings for University of California Berkeley graduates ranked by degree type and major
Major Earnings
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degree) $160,600
Law (First Professional Degree) $135,400
Information Science/Studies (Master's Degree) $122,000
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $116,600
Computer Science (Bachelor’s Degree) $114,800
Mechanical Engineering (Master's Degree) $78,600
Civil Engineering (Master's Degree) $76,900
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor’s Degree) $76,600
Education (Doctoral Degree) $76,500
Public Policy Analysis (Master's Degree) $76,000
Optometry (First Professional Degree) $75,800
Chemical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $72,700
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $71,900
Public Health (Master's Degree) $68,900
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning (Master's Degree) $68,500
Civil Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $66,000
Statistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $63,700
Chemistry (Doctoral Degree) $63,200
Economics (Bachelor’s Degree) $63,000
Social Work (First Professional Degree) $62,800
Applied Mathematics (Bachelor’s Degree) $61,500
Architecture (Master's Degree) $58,400
Landscape Architecture (Master's Degree) $55,700
Social Sciences, Other (Bachelor’s Degree) $55,100
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's Degree) $54,500
Education (Master's Degree) $54,000
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (Doctoral Degree) $51,600
Architecture (Bachelor’s Degree) $47,900
Mathematics (Bachelor’s Degree) $47,300
Journalism (Master's Degree) $46,900
Physics (Bachelor’s Degree) $45,800
Cognitive Science (Bachelor’s Degree) $44,300
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor’s Degree) $44,100
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) (Bachelor’s Degree) $44,100
Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $43,800
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (Bachelor’s Degree) $43,300
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $41,600
Geography and Cartography (Bachelor’s Degree) $40,100
Political Science and Government (Bachelor’s Degree) $40,100
Chemistry (Bachelor’s Degree) $39,800
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor’s Degree) $39,300
Sociology (Bachelor’s Degree) $38,700
Public Health (Bachelor’s Degree) $38,200
Nutrition Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,800
Area Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,400
Social Work (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,300
Psychology (Bachelor’s Degree) $35,700
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $35,200
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $34,900
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $34,900
Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $33,100
English Language and Literature (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,100
Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,800
History (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,700
Anthropology (Bachelor’s Degree) $25,500
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $25,100
Philosophy (Bachelor’s Degree) $25,100
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $16,300

Primary data source, U.S. Department of Education https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=110635 IPEDS survey and College Scorecard data for University of California Berkeley.