Academic program assessment · Program profiles
Twelve programs, read against the national data.
Completions, occupational demand, graduate earnings, and state-level projections for the largest US programs where every source is complete. Written for advisors, deans, and department chairs.
All twelve, side by side
Every program profiled here, on the four figures the classification rests on. Sorted by classification, then by size.
| Program | Classification | 2023 awards | 2-yr change | 8-yr change | Occ. demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | Healthy | 332,985 | -4.6% | +3.7% | +5.8% |
| Nursing | Healthy | 256,911 | -3.6% | +10.1% | +5.9% |
| Biology | Healthy | 88,415 | -6.4% | +6.0% | +1.6% |
| Computer Science | Healthy | 78,278 | +34.8% | +127.4% | +11.2% |
| Social Work | Healthy | 56,864 | -0.6% | +9.5% | +6.5% |
| Marketing | Healthy | 47,060 | +1.4% | +21.8% | +6.0% |
| Finance | Healthy | 45,969 | -3.1% | +7.4% | +5.3% |
| Accounting | Conditional | 57,564 | -19.4% | -29.6% | +4.7% |
| Criminal Justice | Conditional | 41,095 | -10.5% | -14.8% | +2.4% |
| English | Conditional | 32,166 | -15.9% | -25.4% | -0.2% |
| Communication | Conditional | 32,166 | -19.8% | -22.5% | +1.9% |
| Sociology | Conditional | 28,459 | -19.2% | -15.0% | +4.9% |
| Median of 12 | 51,962 | -5.5% | +4.8% | +5.1% |
Awards are all award levels, 2023, from IPEDS completions. Occupational demand is the employment-weighted projected change across the program's mapped occupations, BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034. A median of twelve programs chosen for data completeness is not a national benchmark.
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- Management — Healthy
- Nursing — Healthy
- Biology — Healthy
- Computer Science — Healthy
- Social Work — Healthy
- Marketing — Healthy
- Finance — Healthy
- Accounting — Conditional
- Criminal Justice — Conditional
- English — Conditional
- Communication — Conditional
- Sociology — Conditional
Each profile states its classification, shows every figure behind it, and says what it cannot tell you. None of them is a recommendation.