WhatGradsMake
North Carolina114 programs100,960 grads tracked

What Appalachian State University graduates make

Median salaries by major and degree level, 1–10 years after graduation. Click any program for percentiles, national comparison and the payback calculator.

Bachelor's (92)

Major1 yr5 yrs10 yrs
Accounting and Related Services$41,244$79,669$103,464
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields$39,572$50,767
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$28,276$51,905$63,394
Anthropology$25,464$42,834$52,479
Apparel and Textiles$36,831$54,051$62,818
Architecture and Related Services$38,226$59,202$69,612
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management$31,108$46,639$60,647
Biological and Biomedical Sciences$30,008$53,249$74,030
Biology, General$30,851$58,238$91,987
Business Administration, Management and Operations$43,872$62,706$79,722
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services$46,397$69,432$89,246
Chemistry$41,244$64,693$87,772
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning$38,226$59,202$69,612
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$24,187$61,872$64,164
Communication and Media Studies$35,792$50,871$62,093
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs$35,050$52,207$65,377
Computer Science$62,441$91,478$116,630
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services$62,441$91,478$116,630
Construction Management$53,753$71,866$88,614
Criminal Justice and Corrections$37,512$52,856$61,269
Dance$24,893$43,722
Design and Applied Arts$37,592$53,512$63,124
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services$28,918$52,711$53,107
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$26,772$39,827$51,223
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$27,767$45,875$57,828
Economics$43,910$71,026$100,132
Education$43,199$49,114$56,041
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians$37,261$61,969$81,671
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians$40,013$60,889$73,598
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other$49,171$62,421$78,843
English Language and Literature, General$28,398$44,122$55,920
English Language and Literature/Letters$28,398$44,122$55,920
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians$40,159$63,698
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies$36,903
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences$33,561$48,536$58,123
Finance and Financial Management Services$50,756$74,629$96,142
Fine and Studio Arts$26,547$40,696$51,121
Food Science and Technology$39,572$50,767
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services$28,414$53,735$65,634
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$30,128$49,494$62,818
Geography and Cartography$37,412$55,435$66,690
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$36,314$58,363$69,441
Health Professions and Related Programs$48,762$61,697$67,556
Health and Medical Administrative Services$39,356$64,774$88,872
History$28,645$43,948$57,619
History$28,645$43,948$57,619
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services$37,512$52,856$61,269
Hospitality Administration/Management$36,182$53,721$69,466
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$31,660$42,758$50,539
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians$31,452$50,311$59,550
Insurance$53,705$76,492$93,775
International Business$43,374$69,356$98,538
International/Globalization Studies$28,850$44,308$48,096
Journalism$29,919$46,242$59,105
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$26,260$45,120$61,944
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$26,260$45,120$61,944
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services$27,429$57,991
Management Information Systems and Services$49,793$74,662$92,492
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$58,858$81,200
Marketing$43,242$63,989$86,877
Mathematics$38,082$60,484$85,473
Mathematics and Statistics$37,307$62,711$84,259
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies$28,850$44,308$48,096
Music$25,937$38,661$56,524
Natural Resources Conservation and Research$29,826$46,207$62,631
Natural Resources and Conservation$29,826$46,207$62,631
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology$28,596$50,562$63,600
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management$28,927$43,397$55,269
Philosophy$27,582$44,549
Philosophy and Religious Studies$26,890$41,871$55,817
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other$24,971$37,285$49,855
Physical Sciences$38,748$64,894$86,601
Physics$34,421$74,415$98,269
Political Science and Government$33,115$54,081$74,830
Psychology$29,583$47,253$57,991
Psychology, General$29,583$47,253$57,991
Public Administration and Social Service Professions$35,780$50,502$54,993
Public Health$35,094$50,129$59,127
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$37,392$55,124$68,711
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$31,432$48,325$62,149
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$70,684$80,298$90,862
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$36,857$45,300$43,948
Religion/Religious Studies$28,969$43,047$60,837
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$31,016$48,761$62,818
Social Sciences$33,265$52,530$67,764
Social Work$35,780$50,502$54,993
Sociology$31,157$46,181$57,220
Special Education and Teaching$44,353$50,647$55,746
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$28,297$59,135$78,475
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$43,168$48,789$55,280
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$42,964$49,309$57,309
Visual and Performing Arts$33,290$48,539$59,774

Master's (21)

Doctoral (Research) (1)

Major1 yr5 yrs10 yrs
Education$96,791$100,794$100,633