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Salaries by Major at Brigham Young University Provo

How much money do Brigham Young University Provo graduates make and which majors earn the most upon graduating? Six years after enrolling, alumni who are working have average earnings of $44,500 per year. After ten years, graduates earn $69,100 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 BYU graduates.

The undergraduate degree which initially pays the highest is Management Information Systems and Services with a median starting salary of $81,600 followed by Computer Engineering paying $81,500 and Computer Science graduates who have a median starting income of $77,700 .

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 $111,400 followed by Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degree) at $84,700 and Management Information Systems and Services (Master's Degree) who earn $81,600 .

Note about salary data: First year earnings data are aggregated by the US Department of Education and analyzes IRS reported income for Brigham Young University Provo 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 Brigham Young University Provo graduates ranked by degree type and major
Major Earnings
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degree) $111,400
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degree) $84,700
Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $81,600
Management Information Systems and Services (Master's Degree) $81,600
Computer Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $81,500
Mechanical Engineering (Master's Degree) $81,200
Computer Science (Bachelor’s Degree) $77,700
Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degree) $72,800
Chemical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $72,800
Computer and Information Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $70,000
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $67,600
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $66,200
Manufacturing Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $64,100
Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor’s Degree) $63,300
Statistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $61,600
Construction Management (Bachelor’s Degree) $61,200
Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $60,700
Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $60,700
Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degree) $60,200
Civil Engineering (Master's Degree) $59,900
Housing and Human Environments (Bachelor’s Degree) $59,200
Marketing (Bachelor’s Degree) $59,200
Public Administration (Master's Degree) $58,600
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor’s Degree) $56,800
Law (Doctoral Degree) $56,200
Civil Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $55,900
Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $53,700
Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies and Humanities (Bachelor’s Degree) $51,800
Economics (Bachelor’s Degree) $50,300
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor’s Degree) $49,400
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor’s Degree) $48,800
Graphic Communications (Bachelor’s Degree) $45,300
Mathematics (Bachelor’s Degree) $42,800
Social Work (Master's Degree) $42,700
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor’s Degree) $40,300
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $39,500
International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $39,000
Political Science and Government (Bachelor’s Degree) $39,000
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Bachelor’s Degree) $38,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,000
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,800
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,600
Music (Master's Degree) $36,500
Neurobiology and Neurosciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $35,300
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor’s Degree) $34,000
Geography and Cartography (Bachelor’s Degree) $33,900
Area Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $33,400
Sociology (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,000
History (Bachelor’s Degree) $30,600
Journalism (Bachelor’s Degree) $30,000
Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $29,900
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $29,500
Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor’s Degree) $29,300
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,900
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,900
English Language and Literature (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,500
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $27,600
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $27,100
Psychology (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,700
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,100
Public Health (Bachelor’s Degree) $25,200
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $24,900
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor’s Degree) $24,900
Zoology/Animal Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $22,000
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor’s Degree) $21,800
Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $21,600
Music (Bachelor’s Degree) $21,200
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $21,000
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $20,500
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $20,400
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (Bachelor’s Degree) $17,600

Primary data source, U.S. Department of Education https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=230038 IPEDS survey and College Scorecard data for Brigham Young University Provo.