Top Ranked Programs
Kean University's program mix is anchored in Business, which accounts for 23% of degree output, followed by Education at 8% and Arts at 6%. That applied-professional concentration shapes the institution's earnings profile: the largest programs skew toward fields with direct workforce entry points rather than grad-school-dependent pathways. Psychology, General is the largest program with 359 graduates, followed by Business Administration (281 graduates), Biology, General (218 graduates), Criminal Justice (155 graduates), and Communication and Media Studies (128 graduates). Business Administration combines strong enrollment scale with solid earnings, making it the program that contributes most to Kean University's aggregate return. Among the highest-earning programs, Accounting leads with median earnings of $72,446 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks the program #138 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Finance follows with median earnings of $65,415, and Azimuth ranks it #166 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The Business Administration program graduates 281 students and earns $65,332, while Digital Marketing earns $61,602 — both reflecting the applied-business and health-services strengths in Kean University's portfolio. Programs like Accounting are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce directly and four-year earnings reflect actual labor-market outcomes. Biology, General, by contrast, is more likely a grad-school-dependent pathway where four-year earnings undercount the lifetime trajectory of graduates who continue to clinical or advanced study. Across 37 programs serving roughly 2,424 students annually, 28 meet Azimuth's [ranking threshold](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) — a breadth that gives students meaningful choice across applied fields while keeping the institution's overall earnings signature grounded in business and health-adjacent disciplines. The [supply-demand map](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides additional context for how these program families align with national labor-market demand. ```