Programs & majors brief
Benedictine University Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at Benedictine University?
25 of 25 programs shown
Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.
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| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 55 | $97,934 | — |
| Computer Science small degree count | 7 | $91,698 | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services small degree count | 19 | $90,891 | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | 32 | $85,904 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 24 | $83,914 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services | 27 | $79,917 | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | 75 | $71,185 | — |
| Marketing | 28 | $70,129 | — |
| Biology, General | 30 | $66,960 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 45 | $65,665 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 29 | $63,033 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness small degree count | 12 | $56,576 | — |
| Psychology, General | 50 | $53,994 | — |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | 80 | $50,130 | — |
| Social Sciences, Other small degree count | 10 | $50,054 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies small degree count | 14 | $47,664 | — |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services small degree count | 16 | $46,788 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods small degree count | 8 | $44,659 | — |
| Information Science/Studies small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Engineering Science small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 6 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| English Language and Literature, General small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Sociology small degree count | 8 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Design and Applied Arts small degree count | 8 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Business/Managerial Economics small degree count | 6 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at Benedictine University?
Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions
How do Benedictine University majors rank nationally?
National program ranks are not reported for this school.
Further analysis
Outcomes at Benedictine University vary sharply by field of study, and Azimuth's program rankings evaluate four-year earnings among federally aided completers, median debt, and cohort size rather than reputation. The university has 18 programs with published earnings data, and the degree mix is concentrated in a few families.
Business accounts for 42.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Health Professions at 22.4% and Psychology at 8.3%. The largest single program is Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, with 80 degrees awarded in a year and median earnings of $50,130 four years after completion.
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services is close behind at 75 degrees awarded, and its graduates earn a median of $71,185. Nursing, the third-largest program, awards 55 degrees and posts the highest earnings among the large programs at $97,934.
The highest-earning program overall is Nursing, while Computer Science graduates earn $91,698 from a much smaller cohort of 7 degrees awarded. Across all fields, 24.1% of degrees are in STEM.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
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