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# CUNY Brooklyn College Majors & Programs

Updated October 1, 2026

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## Which majors earn the most at Brooklyn College?

The highest-earning programs at CUNY Brooklyn College sit in technology and education, and the earnings spread across the largest programs is wide. Computer and Information Sciences leads at $89,943 four years after completion, with 151 degrees awarded.

[Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #70 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Subject-Area Teacher Education follows at $80,207, from 86 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #1 nationally.

That is the strongest rank on the page. The largest program, Business Administration and Management, awards 535 degrees a year and posts median earnings of $61,323, with a national rank of #142.

Psychology, the second-largest at 508 degrees, sits at $52,742 and Azimuth ranks it #83 nationally. A student drawn to the largest departments should know that the best-paid programs are not the ones awarding the most degrees.

### Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

-   Business**931 · 30.1%**
-   Psychology**508 · 16.4%**
-   Education**280 · 9.0%**
-   Visual and performing arts**213 · 6.9%**
-   Health professions**206 · 6.7%**
-   Other**959 · 31.0%**

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Sort programsLargest programsHighest four-year earningsBest national field rankProgram name

36 of 36 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first six matching programs

**Computer and Information Sciences, General 151 degrees awarded**
$89,943

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 86 degrees awarded**
$80,207

**Finance and Financial Management Services 110 degrees awarded**
$69,489

**Philosophy 20 degrees awarded**
$67,948

**Information Science/Studies 33 degrees awarded**
$67,838

**Sociology 31 degrees awarded**
$65,606

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

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Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks

| 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](#page-sources) · [How to evaluate program rankings](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## What are the largest programs at Brooklyn College?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
535

**Psychology, General**
508

**Accounting and Related Services**
286

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**
194

**Computer and Information Sciences, General**
151

**Biology, General**
144

**Finance and Financial Management Services**
110

**Communication Disorders Sciences and Services**
107

**Film/Video and Photographic Arts**
104

**Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services**
99

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. [Program data and definitions](#page-sources)

## How do Brooklyn College majors rank nationally?

### National program rankings

1.  Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas**#1**
2.  Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services**#2**
3.  Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies**#13**
4.  Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**#13**
5.  Radio, Television, and Digital Communication**#31**
6.  Film/Video and Photographic Arts**#31**
7.  Computer and Information Sciences, General Included by program size**#70**
8.  Psychology, General Included by program size**#83**
9.  Business Administration, Management and Operations Included by program size**#142**
10.  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.

[How Azimuth compares programs across colleges](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## 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](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) 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](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).