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Truman State University Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at Truman State University?

Among the larger programs at Truman State University, earnings differ markedly four years after completion, making field choice central to the return picture. Accounting sits at the higher end, with median earnings of $84,515 and 62 degrees awarded.

Nursing also posts higher earnings of $77,315 across 50 degrees awarded. The more moderate-earning fields still cover sizable portions of the program mix.

Business Administration and Management records $70,633 four years after completion and 96 degrees awarded, while Biology records $61,647 with 79 degrees awarded. The contrast between accounting and nursing on one side and business and biology on the other shows that earnings vary materially across the university's prominent fields.

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.

  • Business158 · 16.4%
  • Health professions128 · 13.3%
  • Biological sciences100 · 10.4%
  • Parks and recreation78 · 8.1%
  • Psychology76 · 7.9%
  • Other421 · 43.8%

31 of 31 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first six matching programs
Accounting and Related Services 62 degrees awarded
$84,515
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 50 degrees awarded
$77,315
Business Administration, Management and Operations 96 degrees awarded
$70,633
Biology, General 79 degrees awarded
$61,647
Political Science and Government 20 degrees awarded
$60,586
Public Health 46 degrees awarded
$60,157

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
Accounting and Related Services62$84,515—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing50$77,315—
Business Administration, Management and Operations96$70,633—
Biology, General79$61,647—
Political Science and Government20$60,586—
Public Health46$60,157—
Criminal Justice and Corrections31$56,596—
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness78$55,213—
Sociology small degree count19$52,584—
Agriculture, General23$52,303—
Communication and Media Studies35$50,785—
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services32$48,320—
History23$43,405—
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies20$40,026—
English Language and Literature, General48$38,923—
Computer Science40Too few graduates to report—
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services20Too few graduates to report—
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count8Too few graduates to report—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities small degree count9Too few graduates to report—
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology21Too few graduates to report—
Mathematics21Too few graduates to report—
Statistics small degree count11Too few graduates to report—
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other small degree count6Too few graduates to report—
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other small degree count8Too few graduates to report—
Chemistry small degree count14Too few graduates to report—
Physics small degree count8Too few graduates to report—
Psychology, General76Too few graduates to report—
Economics small degree count10Too few graduates to report—
Music23Too few graduates to report—
Fine and Studio Arts small degree count18Too few graduates to report—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft small degree count6Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at Truman State University?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Business Administration, Management and Operations
96
Biology, General
79
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
78
Psychology, General
76
Accounting and Related Services
62
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
50
English Language and Literature, General
48
Public Health
46
Computer Science
40
Communication and Media Studies
35

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

How do Truman State University majors rank nationally?

National program ranks are not reported for this school.

How Azimuth compares programs across colleges

Further analysis

Truman State University has 15 programs with published earnings data, and the degree mix is concentrated in a few fields. Business accounts for 16.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Health Professions at 13.3% and Biological Sciences at 10.4%.

19.7% of degrees are in STEM fields. The largest program is Business Administration and Management, at 96 degrees awarded a year, with a median of $70,633 four years after completion.

Accounting is smaller at 62 degrees but reports the highest earnings among the larger programs, at $84,515.

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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