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Northwestern Majors

Northwestern awards bachelor's degrees in 65 fields, about 2,912 a year. The largest are Economics, Broadcasting and Digital Media, Psychology.

Major	Degrees a year	Earnings, 1 year out	Earnings, 4 years out	Median federal debt
Economics	373	$84,932	$126,006	$16,227
Broadcasting and Digital Media	247	$24,611	$51,471	$15,500
Psychology	211	$44,088	$73,646	$14,500
Biology	135		$71,181	$14,800
Computer Science	127	$99,981	$155,106	$14,600
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	113	$35,334	$54,279	$16,948
Political Science	106	$54,737	$73,231	$16,834
Theater	89	$19,245	$49,316	$17,000
Information Science/Studies	88	$102,998	$163,740	$12,000
Communications	82	$52,210	$93,541	$18,112
Community Organization and Advocacy	80	$61,009	$84,712	$13,500
Music	77	$34,823	$53,875	$18,166
Mechanical Engineering	72	$75,253	$98,277	$15,334
Mathematics	72	$79,530	$107,072	$12,418
Public Health	66	$39,956		$14,684
Industrial Engineering	62	$89,811	$138,720	$17,912
Statistics	61	$77,917	$122,682	$14,000
History	52	$50,161	$78,966	$15,917
English Language and Literature	46	$31,748	$62,147	$15,564
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	45	$68,592	$102,994	$17,063
Applied Mathematics	45	$94,684	$148,740
Sociology	42	$38,402	$75,267	$14,567
Public Policy Analysis	36	$48,558	$78,752	$18,750
Philosophy	35
Research and Experimental Psychology	35
Chemical Engineering	34	$80,709	$111,040	$16,500
Data Science	30
Chemistry	29
International Relations	28	$58,326	$74,477	$19,234
Environmental Science and Conservation	27
Physics	25
Anthropology	24	$33,208
Computer Engineering	22
Non-Professional Legal Studies	21
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	19	$39,012	$59,372
Human Development and Family Studies	19
Electrical Engineering	18
Manufacturing Engineering	18		$97,819
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	18
Civil Engineering	17
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	15
Materials Engineering	15
Studio Art	15
Romance Languages	14
Social Sciences	13
Biological and Physical Sciences	12
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	10
Human Resources	10	$82,255	$108,498	$38,832
Area Studies	9
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	8
Religion/Religious Studies	5
Geology and Earth Science	5
Geography and Cartography	5
Liberal Arts	4		$93,180
Science, Technology and Society	4
Psychology	4	$36,890	$62,905	$11,630
Subject-Area Teacher Education	3
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	3
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	3
Computer and Information Sciences	2
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	2
Teacher Education	2
Engineering	1
Writing	1
Dance	1

A blank cell means the figure is withheld, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the most popular majors at Northwestern?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: Economics (373), Broadcasting and Digital Media (247), Psychology (211), Biology (135), Computer Science (127).

Which Northwestern majors earn the most?

Four years after graduation, the highest median earnings are in Information Science/Studies ($163,740), Computer Science ($155,106), Applied Mathematics ($148,740), Industrial Engineering ($138,720), Economics ($126,006). Earnings are reported for 29 of Northwestern's 65 programs.

How many majors does Northwestern have?

Northwestern awarded bachelor's degrees in 65 federal program categories in the most recent year reported. A college's own list of majors can be longer or shorter, because several named majors often fall under one federal category.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release. Programs are federal categories, which do not always match the names Northwestern uses. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, four years after a bachelor's degree, and are withheld for small programs.