Programs & majors brief
CUNY Brooklyn College Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at Brooklyn College?
36 of 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 151 | $89,943 | #70 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 86 | $80,207 | #1 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 110 | $69,489 | #120 |
| Philosophy | 20 | $67,948 | — |
| Information Science/Studies | 33 | $67,838 | — |
| Sociology | 31 | $65,606 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services | 286 | $64,103 | #142 |
| Mathematics small degree count | 18 | $63,610 | — |
| Political Science and Government | 61 | $63,184 | #117 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 535 | $61,323 | #142 |
| Journalism | 29 | $60,272 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 194 | $58,828 | #13 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | 99 | $58,821 | #2 |
| Communication and Media Studies | 52 | $57,024 | #110 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | 60 | $56,138 | #13 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 56 | $54,014 | #77 |
| Biology, General | 144 | $53,786 | #217 |
| Psychology, General | 508 | $52,742 | #83 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 41 | $51,404 | #31 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | 107 | $50,821 | #99 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 70 | $50,454 | #149 |
| History | 37 | $44,416 | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | 104 | $44,032 | #31 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | 57 | $42,362 | #100 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 25 | $41,233 | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | 23 | $39,837 | — |
| Anthropology small degree count | 17 | $33,127 | — |
| Computer Software and Media Applications small degree count | 6 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Computer Science small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 7 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Sustainability Studies small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Chemistry | 43 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Economics | 27 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Music | 27 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at Brooklyn College?
Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions
How do Brooklyn College majors rank nationally?
National program rankings
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas#1
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services#2
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies#13
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods#13
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication#31
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts#31
- Computer and Information Sciences, General Included by program size#70
- Psychology, General Included by program size#83
- Business Administration, Management and Operations Included by program size#142
- Accounting and Related Services Included by program size#142
Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.
Further analysis
Program rankings at CUNY Brooklyn College rest on median earnings among federally aided completers, debt levels, and program size, not prestige. Earnings four years after graduation vary widely by field.
Published four-year earnings figures are available for 27 programs, and Azimuth ranks 18 of them nationally. Business is the largest family at 30.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded.
Psychology makes up 16.4%, and Education represents 9.0%. Subject-Area Teacher Education ranks #1 nationally in its field, with median earnings of $80,207 four years after completion.
The best-paid program is Computer and Information Sciences, at $89,943, ranked #70 nationally. Business Administration and Management, the largest program at 535 degrees awarded, earns $61,323 and ranks #142 nationally.
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.