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During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 24 majors graduated from McDaniel College.
At McDaniel College, students can earn anything from bachelor’s degrees through the master’s degree.
| Degree Level | Offered |
|---|---|
| Certificate | — |
| Associate | — |
| Bachelor’s | ✓ |
| Master’s | ✓ |
| Doctorate | — |
Completions: 890 undergraduate · 926 graduate (1,816 total)
Here are the majors that graduate the most students at McDaniel College.
These majors at McDaniel College report the highest average early-career salaries for their graduates.
| Highest-Paying Majors | Average Salary |
|---|---|
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education. | $69,637 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | $59,058 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | $55,898 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | $52,841 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | $51,549 |
Browse every major at McDaniel College, grouped into broad areas of study. Each area lists its majors and any specializations within them.
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 908 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration and Supervision. ↳ Educational Leadership and Administration, General. |
146 | NA |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 70 | $59,058 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. ↳ Elementary Education and Teaching. · Secondary Education and Teaching. · Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other. |
51 | $51,549 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. ↳ Student Counseling and Personnel Services, Other. |
38 | $45,696 |
| Special Education and Teaching. ↳ Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness. · Special Education and Teaching, General. · Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented. |
32 | NA |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education. ↳ Multicultural Education. |
24 | $69,637 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. ↳ Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. · School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist. · Reading Teacher Education. |
21 | $35,587 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. ↳ Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. |
11 | NA |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. ↳ Educational/Instructional Technology. |
4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. ↳ Management Science. |
53 | NA |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. ↳ Business Administration and Management, General. |
42 | $52,841 |
| Accounting and Related Services. ↳ Accounting and Related Services, Other. |
14 | $55,898 |
| Marketing. ↳ Marketing/Marketing Management, General. |
9 | NA |
| Human Resources Management and Services. ↳ Human Resources Development. |
6 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 46 | $35,153 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. ↳ Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General. |
41 | $34,448 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biology, General. ↳ Biology/Biological Sciences, General. · Biomedical Sciences, General. |
34 | $24,715 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. ↳ Biochemistry. |
4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sociology. ↳ Sociology, General. |
17 | $32,850 |
| Political Science and Government. ↳ Political Science and Government, Other. |
16 | NA |
| Economics. ↳ Economics, General. |
5 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Fine and Studio Arts. ↳ Art/Art Studies, General. |
14 | NA |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. ↳ Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. |
9 | NA |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. ↳ Film/Cinema/Media Studies. |
7 | NA |
| Music. ↳ Music, General. |
1 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Communication, General. ↳ Speech Communication and Rhetoric. |
26 | $30,295 |
| Publishing. | 3 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Social Work. | 19 | NA |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. ↳ Public Administration and Social Service Professions. |
4 | NA |
| Public Administration. | 4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. ↳ Criminal Justice/Safety Studies. |
17 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| History. ↳ History, General. |
16 | $30,623 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. ↳ Environmental Studies. |
15 | $22,472 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature, General. | 12 | $38,833 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. ↳ Creative Writing. |
2 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. ↳ Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. |
10 | NA |
| Gerontology. | 4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Spanish Language and Literature. · French Language and Literature. |
7 | NA |
| American Sign Language. ↳ American Sign Language (ASL). |
6 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 13 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. ↳ Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. |
7 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry. ↳ Chemistry, General. |
4 | NA |
| Physics. ↳ Physics, General. |
3 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 6 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics. ↳ Mathematics, General. |
6 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Area Studies. ↳ Near and Middle Eastern Studies. |
4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy. | 4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Food Science and Technology. ↳ Food Science. |
1 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.