Table 4. Average Monthly Income, Earnings, and Work Activity, by Level and Field of Degree: Spring 1993 Monthly income Monthly earnings Months with work activity Standard Standard Standard Field of degree Mean error Mean error Mean error ALL DEGREES Total $2,725 40 $2,339 38 3.12 0.02 Agriculture/Forestry 3,237 382 2,973 391 3.64 0.12 Biology 2,548 249 2,118 196 3.12 0.15 Business/Management 2,858 77 2,426 69 3.19 0.05 Economics 3,919 546 3,330 496 3.01 0.16 Education 2,319 101 1,884 124 2.88 0.06 Engineering 3,708 199 3,117 124 3.33 0.06 English/Journalism 2,585 259 2,331 372 3.03 0.12 Home Economics 1,717 209 1165 211 2.32 0.26 Law 4,900 361 4,353 352 3.35 0.11 Liberial Arts/Humanities 2,038 99 1,733 88 2.97 0.07 Mathematics/Statistics 2,987 226 2,583 225 3.04 0.16 Medicine/Dentistry 5,384 460 5,049 467 3.30 0.11 Nursing/Pharmacy/Techinical Health 2,139 78 1,889 80 3.06 0.06 Physical/Earth Science 3,046 270 2,357 209 3.05 0.13 Police Science/Law Enforcement 2,468 205 2,178 179 3.43 0.15 Psychology 2,585 181 2,236 172 3.15 0.12 Religion/Theology 2,328 174 1,963 184 3.29 0.17 Social Science 2,341 122 1,970 105 3.15 0.09 Vo-tech Studies 1,929 106 1,713 107 3.07 0.09 Other 2,609 146 2,327 142 3.24 0.06 ADVANCED DEGREES Total 3,904 91 3,331 80 3.25 0.03 Agriculture/Forestry (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Biology 3,705 566 2,643 315 3.36 0.22 Business/Management 4,127 164 3,525 165 3.34 0.08 Economics (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Education 2,885 86 2,388 97 3.00 0.08 Engineering 5,088 636 3,996 263 3.51 0.10 English/Journalism 3,065 431 2,418 383 3.06 0.25 Home Economics (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Law 5,707 352 5,062 347 3.45 0.09 Liberial Arts/Humanities 2,441 188 2,145 199 3.06 0.15 Mathematics/Statistics (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Medicine/Dentistry 6,490 460 6,125 469 3.42 0.10 Nursing/Pharmacy/Techinical Health 2,774 215 2,480 221 3.15 0.15 Physical/Earth Science 4,171 442 3,234 456 3.19 0.21 Police Science/Law Enforcement (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Psychology 3,455 261 2,826 257 3.31 0.15 Religion/Theology 2,622 176 2,285 186 3.49 0.14 Social Science 2,886 281 2,275 187 3.22 0.15 Vo-tech Studies (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Other 3,811 383 3,294 388 3.43 0.10 BACHELOR'S DEGREES Total 2,625 43 2,269 43 3.13 0.02 Agriculture/Forestry 3,306 469 3,119 474 3.69 0.12 Biology 2,220 213 1,990 203 3.02 0.15 Business/Management 2,995 89 2,626 81 3.31 0.05 Economics 3,493 392 2,923 372 3.00 0.15 Education 2,039 135 1,669 169 2.88 0.06 Engineering 3,645 147 3,189 131 3.36 0.06 English/Journalism 2,396 188 2,032 146 3.11 0.11 Home Economics 1,777 192 1,330 207 2.34 0.24 Law (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Liberial Arts/Humanities 2,103 114 1,733 91 2.96 0.08 Mathematics/Statistics 3,008 213 2,716 211 3.23 0.14 Medicine/Dentistry (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Nursing/Pharmacy/Techinical Health 2,324 133 2,080 136 3.13 0.09 Physical/Earth Science 2,710 311 2,045 183 2.84 0.16 Police Science/Law Enforcement 2,697 272 2,331 211 3.56 0.15 Psychology 2,156 184 1,974 175 3.12 0.13 Religion/Theology (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Social Science 2,243 107 1,922 104 3.08 0.09 Vo-tech Studies (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) Other 2,571 145 2,340 129 3.29 0.08 B Base less than 200,000 persons. "All Degrees" includes associate degrees and vocational certificates, not shown seperately.