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# University of Central Missouri Majors & Programs

Updated September 30, 2026

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## Which majors earn the most at University of Central Missouri?

The University of Central Missouri awards bachelor's degrees across 39 fields with published four-year earnings, and the spread between the highest-earning and largest programs is wide. Construction Management leads at $96,186 four years after completion, though it awarded only 27 degrees.

Computer Science follows at $90,822 with 65 degrees awarded, and Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians reaches $84,738 on 35 degrees. Among the largest programs, the picture shifts.

Teacher Education, the biggest by degrees awarded at 190, shows median earnings of $38,807. Nursing, with 118 degrees awarded, reaches $80,542 — the only large program that approaches the earnings of the top-earning fields.

Criminal Justice and Kinesiology and Physical Education sit in the middle, at $52,875 and $52,328 respectively. A student's field choice here carries a large earnings consequence.

### 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.

-   Education**258 · 16.5%**
-   Health professions**193 · 12.3%**
-   Business**177 · 11.3%**
-   Homeland security**124 · 7.9%**
-   Computer science**107 · 6.8%**
-   Other**709 · 45.2%**

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Four-year earnings · first six matching programs

**Construction Management 27 degrees awarded**
$96,186

**Computer Science 65 degrees awarded**
$90,822

**Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians 35 degrees awarded**
$84,738

**Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management 42 degrees awarded**
$84,428

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 118 degrees awarded**
$80,542

**Accounting and Related Services 23 degrees awarded**
$76,930

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Construction Management | 27 | $96,186 | — |
| Computer Science | 65 | $90,822 | — |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians | 35 | $84,738 | — |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | 42 | $84,428 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 118 | $80,542 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services | 23 | $76,930 | — |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General | 27 | $75,375 | — |
| Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians small degree count | 18 | $71,326 | — |
| Economics small degree count | 12 | $69,359 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services small degree count | 16 | $66,897 | — |
| Political Science and Government | 23 | $63,965 | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication small degree count | 13 | $61,784 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions small degree count | 12 | $60,063 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 31 | $58,736 | — |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | 27 | $55,753 | — |
| Homeland Security | 23 | $54,595 | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General small degree count | 17 | $53,677 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 101 | $52,875 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies | 30 | $52,463 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 79 | $52,328 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 69 | $51,897 | — |
| Social Work | 33 | $51,349 | — |
| Marketing | 52 | $50,774 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft small degree count | 9 | $48,179 | — |
| Biology, General | 53 | $48,112 | — |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | 52 | $47,390 | — |
| Agricultural Business and Management | 24 | $47,248 | — |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services small degree count | 19 | $46,803 | — |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations small degree count | 15 | $46,797 | — |
| Sociology small degree count | 8 | $45,862 | — |
| Education, Other small degree count | 12 | $44,338 | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 29 | $43,463 | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 30 | $43,166 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts | 25 | $42,778 | — |
| Music small degree count | 15 | $42,610 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 35 | $40,486 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching | 21 | $39,569 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 190 | $38,807 | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts small degree count | 15 | $36,421 | — |
| Computer Engineering small degree count | 6 | Not reported | — |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians small degree count | 8 | Not reported | — |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians small degree count | 6 | Not reported | — |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians small degree count | 5 | Not reported | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services small degree count | 9 | Not reported | — |
| English Language and Literature, General small degree count | 9 | Not reported | — |
| Mathematics small degree count | 6 | Not reported | — |
| Anthropology small degree count | 6 | Not reported | — |
| Air Transportation | 43 | Not reported | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods small degree count | 13 | Not reported | — |
| History small degree count | 12 | Not reported | — |

[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 University of Central Missouri?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**
190

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
118

**Criminal Justice and Corrections**
101

**Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness**
79

**Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities**
69

**Computer Science**
65

**Biology, General**
53

**Research and Experimental Psychology**
52

**Marketing**
52

**Air Transportation**
43

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

## How do University of Central Missouri majors rank nationally?

National program ranks are not reported for this school.

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

## Further analysis

At University of Central Missouri, what a graduate earns four years after completing a degree depends heavily on the field they chose. [Azimuth's program ranking](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)s are designed to make that variation clear, evaluating outcomes by median earnings among federally aided completers, median debt, and cohort size rather than reputation.

The university has 39 programs with published earnings data. The degree mix is led by Education, which accounts for 16.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Health Professions at 12.3% and Business at 11.3%.

The largest single program is Teacher Education, at 190 degrees a year, where graduates earn a median of $38,807. The highest earnings belong to a much smaller program: Construction Management graduates earn $96,186, from 27 degrees a year.

Nursing, the second-largest program, reports $80,542. Award counts are degrees conferred in one academic year, not a count of students, and program earnings cover federally aided completers. Across all fields, 24.9% of degrees awarded are in STEM.

## Data & methodology

A missing figure does not mean zero. 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/).