Their rankings are based on median early-career salary data of over 5 million graduates from the U.S. Department of Education's resource, College Scorecard.
All salary numbers are representative of graduates from the subject area and degree level specified. The rankings also include the median total debt from College Scorecard, which represents the debt accumulated by student borrowers of federal loans who completed a degree in the indicated field of study. Both salary and total debt data are based on school-reported information about students' program of completion.
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