Programs & majors brief
Coastal Carolina University Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at Coastal Carolina University?
35 of 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Science/Studies small degree count | 11 | $77,999 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 55 | $70,181 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 42 | $63,247 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services | 41 | $63,239 | — |
| Marketing | 154 | $62,373 | — |
| Business/Managerial Economics small degree count | 12 | $61,910 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 191 | $59,946 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services small degree count | 9 | $59,575 | — |
| Applied Mathematics small degree count | 7 | $59,208 | — |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | 91 | $56,863 | — |
| Political Science and Government | 38 | $53,948 | — |
| Biology, General | 58 | $51,247 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies | 134 | $51,010 | — |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | 25 | $50,864 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 198 | $50,228 | — |
| History | 27 | $49,222 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching small degree count | 12 | $49,005 | — |
| Public Health | 74 | $48,238 | — |
| Sociology | 48 | $47,056 | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | 25 | $46,896 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 95 | $46,581 | — |
| Psychology, General | 127 | $45,469 | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | 117 | $45,323 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts | 42 | $40,150 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 70 | $38,460 | — |
| English Language and Literature, General | 28 | $37,707 | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts small degree count | 18 | $36,007 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 40 | $33,962 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Engineering Science | 24 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Chemistry small degree count | 6 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Anthropology small degree count | 14 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Music small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing small degree count | 14 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at Coastal Carolina University?
Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions
How do Coastal Carolina University majors rank nationally?
National program ranks are not reported for this school.
Further analysis
Coastal Carolina University has 28 programs with published earnings data, and the spread between the largest and highest-earning fields is wide. Business accounts for 25.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, making it the largest program family, followed by Biological Sciences at 10.6% and Parks, Recreation & Fitness at 10.5%.
The largest single program is Kinesiology and Physical Education, which awarded 198 degrees in a year and reports median earnings of $50,228 four years after completion. The highest earnings belong to Information Science/Studies, at $77,999, though it awarded only 11 degrees.
Business Administration and Management, the second-largest program, reports median earnings of $59,946 from 191 degrees awarded.
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.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.