Per-major median earnings and 10-year projection bands. Numbers come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (most recent release); trajectory bands come from the life-path model run server-side with a synthetic profile.
Median earnings of federally-aided graduates 10 years after first enrollment, across all majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
| Major | Graduates / yr | Median earnings 4 years out | Work in North Carolina 1 year out | Graduate degree or certificate 5 years out | Trajectory | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science. | 666 | $93,037 | 86% | 8% | Run mine | |
From 2016 to 2025, 430 University of North Carolina at Charlotte graduates earned a research doctorate, most often in engineering, education, and biological and biomedical sciences.
Research doctorates (PhD, EdD and similar) only: medical, law and business degrees aren't counted. The rate divides those doctorates by the bachelor's degrees University of North Carolina at Charlotte awarded from 2008 to 2017, allowing for the typical eight-year gap; fields with longer paths, like the humanities, read low. Source: NCSES Survey of Earned Doctorates and IPEDS completions.
The rows above use a synthetic profile (median household income, in-state residency). The life-path tool runs the same model on your actual income, family size, residency, and intended major.
Open the life-path toolEarnings and graduate counts from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (most recent release). Last updated October 19, 2026. Methodology.
| Psychology, General. |
| 441 |
| $50,507 |
| 87% |
| 28% |
| Run mine |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 370 | $74,965 | 84% | 7% | Run mine |
| Biology, General. | 331 | $56,388 | 84% | 27% | Run mine |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 277 | $60,407 | 85% | 10% | Run mine |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 273 | $52,400 | 86% | — | Run mine |
| Marketing. | 252 | $66,574 | 86% | — | Run mine |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 215 | $70,654 | 85% | — | Run mine |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 209 | $53,738 | 83% | 11% | Run mine |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 197 | $88,265 | 82% | — | Run mine |
Median earnings: federally-aided graduates, ~4 years out (College Scorecard). Trajectory: 10-year projection from the life-path model with a synthetic profile — methodology.
Work in North Carolina: of graduates working and not in school a year after graduating, the share whose job is in North Carolina. Graduate degree or certificate: of graduates working and not in school five years after graduating, the share who had earned one. Anyone still in school isn't counted, so majors that lead to long graduate programs read low. A dash means the College Scorecard doesn't report the figure for that major, or counted fewer than 30 graduates.