U.S. leading master's degrees for finding a job 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 2, 2023
The best master's degree for getting a job was considered to be Physicians Assistant with a mid-career median salary of 97,133 U.S. dollars in 2021. Salaries for nurse practitioner and computer science master's were also high.

Masters degrees with the best job prospects in the United States in 2021, by mid-career median pay (in U.S. dollars)

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Release date

April 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

To determine the best master's degrees, data was sourced from Payscale.com to determine mid-career salaries of workers with 45 of the most popular degrees. Data on employment projection was also sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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