Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities: earnings by state

What Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities typically earn most 4 years out in Connecticut ($64,546) and least in South Carolina ($42,465). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama$48k
Alaska—
Arizona$62k
Arkansas$49k
California$63k
Colorado$47k
Connecticut$65k
Delaware—
District of Columbia—
Florida$55k
Georgia$52k
Hawaii—
Idaho$47k
Illinois$60k
Indiana$55k
Iowa$59k
Kansas$54k
Kentucky$47k
Louisiana$49k
Maine$52k
Maryland$58k
Massachusetts$58k
Michigan$59k
Minnesota—
Mississippi$45k
Missouri$51k
Montana—
Nebraska—
Nevada—
New Hampshire—
New Jersey$62k
New Mexico$49k
New York$64k
North Carolina$49k
North Dakota$54k
Ohio$57k
Oklahoma$47k
Oregon$60k
Pennsylvania$63k
Rhode Island—
South Carolina$42k
South Dakota—
Tennessee$52k
Texas$58k
Utah$58k
Vermont—
Virginia$56k
Washington$55k
West Virginia$53k
Wisconsin$58k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
Connecticut$64,54614
New York$64,13726
California$62,60945
Pennsylvania$62,50824
New Jersey$62,35914
Arizona$62,0504
Oregon$60,2304
Illinois$59,88916
Iowa$58,9218
Michigan$58,90211
Utah$58,1605
Massachusetts$58,05015
Maryland$57,9327
Wisconsin$57,7518
Texas$57,62925
Ohio$57,15027
Virginia$55,91812
Florida$55,49014
Indiana$55,15519
Washington$54,91310
Kansas$54,4767
North Dakota$53,5514
West Virginia$52,79613
Georgia$52,3099
Maine$52,1754
Tennessee$52,08110
Missouri$51,23113
North Carolina$49,27912
New Mexico$49,2174
Louisiana$49,0549
Arkansas$48,61310
Alabama$48,0586
Kentucky$47,3968
Oklahoma$47,39311
Colorado$47,3474
Idaho$46,6645
Mississippi$44,9556
South Carolina$42,4655

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