Here are the highest- and lowest-earning college degrees in California, according to new data

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Set us as preferred A new analysis of California data shows that four years after college graduation, students who obtain among the most competitive and in-demand bachelor degrees, mostly tied to fields in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — are the highest-earning graduates, with salaries over $100,000 a year.Also among the top tier is an ultracompetitive nursing degree, which translates to an annual income at about $125,000, according to an analysis released Friday by the HEA Group, a national education research firm.

The highest-earning degree is a combination mathematics and computer science program with an average income of nearly $140,000.Many humanities and social science majors — pursued by students with a passion for sociology, history, art, music and English — tend to earn far less, around $40,000 to $60,000, the data show.And there is the middle rung, including business administration, urban studies and chemistry, whose graduates take home around $70,000 on average.The analysis comes amid a changing landscape in higher education as parents and prospective students are increasingly questioning the value of postsecondary education, evaluating how a tuition investment on a future degree will translate into a job and salary years later.

Also, when it comes to borrowing money to attend college, the Trump administration is addressing the student loan default crisis by cracking down on colleges whose graduates routinely make low incomes by restricting their ability to accept federal student loans.The analysis, which includes a searchable database, covers nearly 3,000 certificate, associate and bachelor programs at private, nonprofit and public universities across California.It does not breakdown income by graduates at specific universities, nor does it take into account how degrees can provide an en...