Offered Programs at Vanderbilt
Offered Degrees/Programs
BS, MS, DR, Post-Grad.
Offered Through Online Classes
MS, DR
Total Number of Programs
281
Total Number of Online Programs
5
Total Number of Completers
4,394
Vanderbilt University offers 281 programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 81 Bachelor's, 122 Master's, 57 Doctorate (research), 9 Doctorate (professional), 12 Post-MS Certificate programs
It also offers its programs via online learning and 5 programs are available through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 4 Master's, 1 Doctorate (research) program in the virtual environment.
For the academic year 2023-2024, total 4,394 students have completed their degree/programs and graduated from Vanderbilt University.
The following table summarizes the offered degrees and programs with number of programs and number of completers.
By degrees/certificates, 1,855 Bachelor's, 1,634 Master's, 494 Doctorate (research), 370 Doctorate (professional), and 41 Post-MS Certificate were awareded by Vanderbilt.
Number of Programs Number of Online Programs Number of Completers Bachelor's 81 0 1,855 Master's 122 4 1,634 Doctorate (research) 57 1 494 Doctorate (professional) 9 0 370 Post-MS Certificate 12 0 41 Total 281 5 4,394
The following table shows the best programs at Vanderbilt University based on earning after completing the program by degree types.
Bachelor Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Computer Science $97,800 Mathematics $75,500 Economics $68,100 Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering $67,500 Mechanical Engineering $66,800
Master Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Health/Health Care Administration/Management $123,700 Business Administration and Management $119,200 Finance $112,500 Marketing/Marketing Management $108,100 Public Health $104,300
Doctoral Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Educational Leadership and Administration $97,300
The following table lists the popular programs at Vanderbilt University based on number of completers for each offered programs in 2023-2024.
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Social Sciences 279 $54,300 Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 247 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) 190 $41,500 Computer Science 153 $97,800 Neuroscience 62 $29,800
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Financial Mathematics 129 - Pediatric Nurse/Nursing 72 - Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) 63 - Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 62 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 56 -
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Law 200 - Medicine 104 - Nursing Practice 61 -
The follwing tabs shows all major programs offered at Vanderbilt by awared level. You can check online avaiability, number of completers, and average earning after graduation for each major by expanding the major program.
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Architecture
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9 completers - Architectural History and Criticism ✕ 9 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
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26 completers - American/United States Studies/Civilization ✕ 7 - Asian Studies/Civilization ✕ 5 - European Studies/Civilization ✕ 0 - Latin American Studies ✕ 1 - German Studies ✕ 3 - African-American/Black Studies ✕ 3 - Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies ✕ 1 - Women's Studies ✕ 0 - Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other) ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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20 completers - Speech Communication and Rhetoric ✕ 20 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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169 completers - Computer Science ✕ 169 $97,800
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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63 completers - Education ✕ 12 - Special Education and Teaching ✕ 15 - Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 1 - Secondary Education and Teaching ✕ 14 - Teacher Education, Multiple Levels ✕ 12 - Early Childhood Education and Teaching ✕ 0 - Foreign Language Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Music Teacher Education ✕ 9 - Education (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering
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203 completers - Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering ✕ 47 $67,500 Chemical Engineering ✕ 24 $66,000 Civil Engineering ✕ 11 - Computer Engineering ✕ 7 - Electrical and Electronics Engineering ✕ 9 - Engineering Science ✕ 42 $61,700 Mechanical Engineering ✕ 41 $66,800 Electrical and Computer Engineering ✕ 22 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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10 completers - Russian Language and Literature ✕ 2 - German Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics ✕ 0 - French Language and Literature ✕ 4 $37,800 Spanish Language and Literature ✕ 4 - Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
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11 completers - Child Development ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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27 completers $33,200 English Language and Literature ✕ 27 $33,200
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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133 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 15 - Biochemistry ✕ 29 - Molecular Biology ✕ 33 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ✕ 6 - Neuroscience ✕ 50 $29,800
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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30 completers $75,500 Mathematics ✕ 30 $75,500
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
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272 completers - Science, Technology and Society ✕ 14 - Ancient Studies/Civilization ✕ 0 - Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology ✕ 2 - Cognitive Science ✕ 54 - Sustainability Studies ✕ 12 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✕ 190 $41,500
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies
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8 completers - Philosophy ✕ 7 - Religion/Religious Studies ✕ 1 - Jewish/Judaic Studies ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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38 completers - Chemistry ✕ 20 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 12 - Physics ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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83 completers $32,100 Psychology ✕ 57 $32,100 Developmental and Child Psychology ✕ 26 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
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11 completers - Public Policy Analysis ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
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613 completers $54,300 Social Sciences ✕ 304 $54,300 Anthropology ✕ 14 - Economics ✕ 0 $68,100 Econometrics and Quantitative Economics ✕ 229 - Political Science and Government ✕ 52 $40,100 Sociology ✕ 14 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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68 completers - Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts ✕ 0 - Film/Cinema/Video Studies ✕ 12 - Fine/Studio Arts ✕ 6 - Art History, Criticism and Conservation ✕ 5 - Music ✕ 0 - Music Theory and Composition ✕ 3 - Keyboard Instruments ✕ 3 - Voice and Opera ✕ 6 - Jazz/Jazz Studies ✕ 0 - Stringed Instruments ✕ 17 - Brass Instruments ✕ 8 - Woodwind Instruments ✕ 6 - Percussion Instruments ✕ 0 - Music (other) ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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37 completers -
History ✕ 20 $26,500 History (other) ✕ 17 - Total 1,855
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
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0 completers - Latin American Studies ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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87 completers - Computer Science ✕ 87 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (1 completers)196 completers - Education ✕ 3 - Curriculum and Instruction ✕ 8 - Educational Leadership and Administration ✕ 18 $48,500 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration ✕ 16 - Urban Education and Leadership ✕ 18 - Educational Evaluation and Research ✕ 22 - International and Comparative Education ✕ 0 - Special Education and Teaching ✕ 43 $44,300 Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness ✕ 4 - Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services ✔ 0 $44,000 Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 11 - Secondary Education and Teaching ✕ 14 - Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) ✕ 2 - Health Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Music Teacher Education ✕ 8 - Reading Teacher Education ✕ 10 - Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor ✕ 19 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering
✔ (1 completers)79 completers - Engineering ✔ 36 - Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering ✕ 7 - Chemical Engineering ✕ 4 - Civil Engineering ✕ 14 - Electrical and Electronics Engineering ✕ 8 - Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering ✕ 1 - Mechanical Engineering ✕ 5 - Engineering (other) ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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0 completers - German Language and Literature ✕ 0 - French Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Portuguese Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Spanish Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
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51 completers - Human Development and Family Studies ✕ 2 - Child Development ✕ 30 - Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other) ✕ 19 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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25 completers - Programs for Foreign Lawyers ✕ 25 - Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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7 completers - English Language and Literature ✕ 1 - Creative Writing ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
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7 completers - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies ✕ 7 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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37 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 0 - Biomedical Sciences ✕ 18 - Biochemistry ✕ 1 - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ✕ 2 - Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology ✕ 0 - Microbiology ✕ 3 - Human/Medical Genetics ✕ 0 - Molecular Physiology ✕ 0 - Pathology/Experimental Pathology ✕ 0 - Oncology and Cancer Biology ✕ 0 - Pharmacology ✕ 0 - Biostatistics ✕ 8 - Bioinformatics ✕ 5 - Neuroscience ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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133 completers - Mathematics ✕ 1 - Financial Mathematics ✕ 132 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
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49 completers - Cognitive Science ✕ 0 - Computational Science ✕ 39 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✕ 10 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies
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8 completers - Philosophy ✕ 2 - Religion/Religious Studies ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations
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24 completers - Theology/Theological Studies ✕ 12 $34,000 Divinity/Ministry ✕ 12 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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14 completers - Chemistry ✕ 7 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 3 - Physics ✕ 4 - Materials Science ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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75 completers - Psychology ✕ 4 - Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics ✕ 4 - Developmental and Child Psychology ✕ 39 - Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology ✕ 12 - Community Psychology ✕ 4 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology ✕ 8 - Clinical Child Psychology ✕ 0 - Applied Behavior Analysis ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
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23 completers - Community Organization and Advocacy ✕ 15 $42,000 Education Policy Analysis ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
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28 completers - Social Sciences ✕ 0 - Anthropology ✕ 0 - Economics ✕ 0 - Econometrics and Quantitative Economics ✕ 20 - Development Economics and International Development ✕ 0 - Political Science and Government ✕ 4 - Sociology ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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2 completers - Art History, Criticism and Conservation ✕ 2 - Fine Arts and Art Studies (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (1 completers)486 completers - Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist ✕ 25 - Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist ✕ 1 - Health/Health Care Administration/Management ✕ 8 $123,700 Medical Scientist ✕ 16 - Genetic Counseling/Counselor ✕ 7 - Public Health ✕ 0 $104,300 Health/Medical Physics ✕ 2 - Health Services Administration ✕ 32 - Medical Informatics ✔ 6 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✕ 30 $89,500 Nursing Administration ✕ 4 - Adult Health Nurse/Nursing ✕ 29 - Family Practice Nurse/Nursing ✕ 68 - Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing ✕ 16 - Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery ✕ 25 - Nursing Science ✕ 13 - Pediatric Nurse/Nursing ✕ 57 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing ✕ 56 - Critical Care Nursing ✕ 48 - Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing ✕ 10 - Women's Health Nurse/Nursing ✕ 33 - Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ (1 completers)258 completers - Business Administration and Management ✕ 48 $119,200 Operations Management and Supervision ✕ 0 - Organizational Leadership ✔ 0 - Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) ✕ 38 - Accounting ✕ 32 $64,100 Accounting and Finance ✕ 7 - Finance ✕ 0 $112,500 Investments and Securities ✕ 0 - Organizational Behavior Studies ✕ 27 - Management Information Systems ✕ 0 - Management Science ✕ 24 - Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) ✕ 77 - Marketing/Marketing Management ✕ 5 $108,100
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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11 completers -
History ✕ 11 - Total 1,634
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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0 completers - Communication and Media Studies (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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21 completers - Computer Science ✕ 21 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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40 completers - Educational Leadership and Administration ✕ 13 $97,300 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration ✕ 6 - Special Education and Teaching ✕ 12 - Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) ✕ 9 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering
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60 completers - Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering ✕ 20 - Chemical Engineering ✕ 10 - Civil Engineering ✕ 6 - Electrical and Electronics Engineering ✕ 7 - Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering ✕ 5 - Mechanical Engineering ✕ 12 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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7 completers - German Language and Literature ✕ 2 - Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics ✕ 1 - French Language and Literature ✕ 1 - Spanish Language and Literature ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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5 completers - English Language and Literature ✕ 5 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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97 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 13 - Biochemistry ✕ 5 - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ✕ 4 - Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology ✕ 15 - Microbiology ✕ 9 - Human/Medical Genetics ✕ 8 - Molecular Physiology ✕ 8 - Pathology/Experimental Pathology ✕ 5 - Oncology and Cancer Biology ✕ 8 - Pharmacology ✕ 5 - Biostatistics ✕ 3 - Bioinformatics ✕ 2 - Epidemiology ✕ 1 - Neuroscience ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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7 completers - Mathematics ✕ 7 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
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0 completers - Cognitive Science ✕ 0 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies
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10 completers - Philosophy ✕ 4 - Religion/Religious Studies ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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30 completers - Astrophysics ✕ 2 - Chemistry ✕ 17 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 2 - Physics ✕ 5 - Materials Science ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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15 completers - Psychology ✕ 15 - Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics ✕ 0 - Developmental and Child Psychology ✕ 0 - Research and Experimental Psychology (other) ✕ 0 - Community Psychology ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
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29 completers - Anthropology ✕ 2 - Economics ✕ 0 - Applied Economics ✕ 2 - Econometrics and Quantitative Economics ✕ 11 - Political Science and Government ✕ 11 - Sociology ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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11 completers - Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist ✕ 4 - Nursing Science ✕ 7 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ (1 completers)139 completers - Business Administration and Management ✕ 0 - Organizational Leadership ✔ 139 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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7 completers -
History ✕ 7 - Total 494
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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167 completers - Law ✕ 167 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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0 completers - Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations
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38 completers - Divinity/Ministry ✕ 38 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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165 completers -
Audiology/Audiologist ✕ 10 - Medicine ✕ 95 - Health/Medical Physics ✕ 1 - Critical Care Nursing ✕ 2 - Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing ✕ 2 - Nursing Practice ✕ 55 - Total 370
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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41 completers -
Nursing Education ✕ 10 - Nursing Administration ✕ 0 - Adult Health Nurse/Nursing ✕ 2 - Family Practice Nurse/Nursing ✕ 3 - Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing ✕ 1 - Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery ✕ 0 - Nursing Science ✕ 5 - Pediatric Nurse/Nursing ✕ 5 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing ✕ 4 - Critical Care Nursing ✕ 3 - Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing ✕ 8 - Women's Health Nurse/Nursing ✕ 0 - Total 41
