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Frostburg State University Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at Frostburg State University?

At Frostburg State University, Engineering sets the higher-earning end among the fields shown, with median earnings of $99,671 four years after completion and 19 degrees awarded. Nursing also falls at that end, posting $86,331 across 139 degrees awarded.

Those fields pair higher reported earnings with markedly different numbers of degrees awarded. More moderate earnings appear in Psychology, where the median is $50,210 four years after completion and 93 degrees were awarded.

Teacher Education records $51,478 with 65 degrees awarded. The contrast between these fields and the higher-earning programs shows why the school-level earnings figure does not describe every field equally.

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.

  • Health professions186 · 19.5%
  • Social sciences129 · 13.5%
  • Psychology93 · 9.7%
  • Business87 · 9.1%
  • Education74 · 7.8%
  • Other385 · 40.4%

32 of 32 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first six matching programs
Engineering, General 19 degrees awarded
$99,671
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 139 degrees awarded
$86,331
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management 30 degrees awarded
$85,521
Computer Science 21 degrees awarded
$83,990
Computer and Information Sciences, General 21 degrees awarded
$70,144
Accounting and Related Services 21 degrees awarded
$67,484

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

Compare all matching programs
Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks
ProgramDegrees awarded4-yr earningsField rank
Engineering, General small degree count19$99,671—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing139$86,331—
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management30$85,521—
Computer Science21$83,990—
Computer and Information Sciences, General21$70,144—
Accounting and Related Services21$67,484—
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs47$62,767—
Business Administration, Management and Operations66$61,002—
Political Science and Government small degree count19$57,770—
Criminal Justice and Corrections42$56,668—
Biology, General small degree count10$55,718—
Sociology small degree count13$54,197—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities59$53,934—
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management23$52,488—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods65$51,478—
Social Work small degree count16$50,376—
Psychology, General93$50,210—
Communication and Media Studies27$48,762—
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness22$46,862—
English Language and Literature, General small degree count13$46,612—
Music small degree count11$46,546—
Fine and Studio Arts small degree count18$45,220—
Zoology/Animal Biology small degree count15$43,434—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft small degree count6$29,679—
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management small degree count6Too few graduates to report—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas small degree count9Too few graduates to report—
Mathematics small degree count12Too few graduates to report—
International/Globalization Studies small degree count8Too few graduates to report—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences small degree count6Too few graduates to report—
Economics81Too few graduates to report—
Geography and Cartography small degree count11Too few graduates to report—
Social Sciences, General small degree count5Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at Frostburg State University?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
139
Psychology, General
93
Economics
81
Business Administration, Management and Operations
66
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
65
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
59
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
47
Criminal Justice and Corrections
42
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
30
Communication and Media Studies
27

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions

How do Frostburg State University majors rank nationally?

National program ranks are not reported for this school.

How Azimuth compares programs across colleges

Further analysis

The programs page at Frostburg State University shows how much the choice of field matters. Of the 24 programs with published earnings data, outcomes vary widely, and the largest programs are not the highest-earning ones.

The degree mix centers on Health Professions, which accounts for 19.5% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Social Sciences at 13.5% and Psychology at 9.8%. The largest single program is Nursing, at 139 degrees awarded a year, with a median of $86,331 four years after completion.

Psychology is second at 93 degrees awarded, and its completers earn a median of $50,210. The highest earnings belong to a much smaller program: Engineering graduates earn a median of $99,671, from 19 degrees awarded a year. Across all fields, 12.7% of degrees awarded 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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