| 排名 | 專業名稱 | 專業英文名 | 職業早期薪水 | 職業中期薪水 |
| 1 | 電氣與計算機工程 | Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) | $102,000 | $142,000 |
| 2 | 計算機工程 | Computer Engineering (CE) | $111,000 | $139,000 |
| 3 | 化學工程 | Chemical Engineering | $92,300 | $138,000 |
| 4 | 生物醫學工程 | Biomedical Engineering (BME) | $86,800 | $137,000 |
| 5 | 經濟學 | Economics | $98,200 | $134,000 |
| 6 | 電氣工程 | Electrical Engineering (EE) | $102,000 | $133,000 |
| 6 | 有機化學 | Organic Chemistry | $79,000 | $133,000 |
| 8 | 計算機科學與工程 | Computer Science (CS) & Engineering | $104,000 | $132,000 |
| 9 | 藥理學 | Pharmacology | $70,200 | $131,000 |
| 10 | 物理 | Physics | $88,100 | $130,000 |
| 11 | 計算機科學 | Computer Science (CS) | $112,000 | $129,000 |
| 12 | 統計學 | Statistics | $99,900 | $128,000 |
| 13 | 機械工程 | Mechanical Engineering (ME) | $87,800 | $125,000 |
| 13 | 藥學 | Pharmacy | $103,000 | $125,000 |
| 15 | 航空航天工程 | Aerospace Engineering | $93,300 | $123,000 |
| 15 | 材料科學與工程 | Materials Science & Engineering | $89,400 | $123,000 |
| 17 | 分析化學 | Analytical Chemistry | $77,300 | $122,000 |
| 17 | 化學 | Chemistry | $78,900 | $122,000 |
| 19 | 土木工程 | Civil Engineering (CE) | $73,300 | $121,000 |
| 20 | 政治學 | Political Science (PolySci) | $65,200 | $119,000 |
| 21 | 工業工程 | Industrial Engineering (IE) | $87,000 | $118,000 |
| 22 | 免疫學 | Immunology | $76,200 | $116,000 |
| 23 | 生物化學 | Biochemistry (BCH) | $77,800 | $114,000 |
| 24 | 生物化學與分子生物學 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | $77,100 | $110,000 |
| 25 | 細胞與分子生物學 | Cell & Molecular Biology | $73,700 | $108,000 |
| 25 | 土木與環境工程 | Civil & Environmental Engineering | $70,800 | $108,000 |
| 25 | 微生物學 | Microbiology | $69,100 | $108,000 |
| 28 | 神經科學 | Neuroscience | $72,700 | $105,000 |
| 29 | 工商管理 | Business Administration | $75,100 | $103,000 |
| 29 | 數學 | Mathematics | $78,000 | $103,000 |
| 31 | 分子生物學 | Molecular Biology | $64,800 | $100,000 |
| 32 | 流行病學 | Epidemiology | $77,800 | $98,100 |
| 33 | 生物學 | Biology | $66,600 | $97,900 |
| 34 | 心理學 | Psychology | $66,100 | $94,700 |
| 35 | 臨床心理學 | Clinical Psychology | $66,700 | $92,800 |
| 36 | 社會學 | Sociology | $64,300 | $87,100 |
| 37 | 教育領導 | Educational Leadership | $72,500 | $82,700 |
| 38 | 心理咨詢 | Counseling Psychology | $61,400 | $81,800 |
| 39 | 教育學 | Education | $61,200 | $80,200 |
| 39 | 歷史 | History | $53,300 | $80,200 |
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參考資料：
(1) 2015-2016 PayScale PhD Majors by Salary Potential PayScale