Social Sciences, General

15,635 students earn a social sciences, general credential each year across 355 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $37,472
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $51,793

Filter the college directory to schools offering this major →

Rank colleges by

Most graduates Highest earnings

Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 227 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee302$61,3891 year out$90,203$11,000 2Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon275$35,0931 year out$49,355$31,000 3Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington233$43,0691 year out$59,442$25,409 4University of OregonEugene, Oregon227$38,1471 year out$63,907$22,917 5Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida219$33,2351 year out$59,852$23,375 6Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire190$42,9321 year out$57,763$35,354 7Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts189$56,5401 year out$76,293$19,937 8University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland168$50,5571 year out$53,628$23,599 9Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, New York158$23,3021 year out—$24,747 10University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York141$28,8441 year out$56,927$21,000 11North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina122$35,9781 year out—$34,562 12Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware120—1 year out——13University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah114$35,3631 year out$49,866$22,442 14University of South FloridaTampa, Florida112$34,4271 year out$45,753$24,095 15California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California109$34,6781 year out$52,537$11,000 16University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii106$34,3881 year out$41,676$19,889 17Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska103$37,3351 year out$46,300$34,734 18Franklin UniversityColumbus, Ohio100—1 year out——19Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey88$44,7731 year out$62,477$21,384 20Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York87$36,7261 year out$44,055$26,978 21Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan84$46,2061 year out$57,882$29,198 22Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island75—1 year out——23University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington73$57,5381 year out$82,655$20,559 24Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia65—1 year out——25Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey61$43,0471 year out—$25,500 26Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas56$40,7931 year out$50,046$27,500 27Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania55$32,9581 year out$40,098$30,887 28California State University-ChicoChico, California52$36,3821 year out$50,545$16,500 29California State University-StanislausTurlock, California50$39,1491 year out$51,958$15,446 30New York UniversityNew York, New York50$49,0161 year out$74,002$27,000 31Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington50$42,3321 year out$60,508$26,181 32Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, New York49$28,3511 year out$53,767$27,000 33University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia49—1 year out——34Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan45$43,2171 year out$50,160$27,400 35San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California41$23,7041 year out$31,866$20,915 36Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania41$40,5841 year out—$29,500 37California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California39$37,4461 year out$63,814$18,719 38Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama36$36,5471 year out$52,917$28,125 39Whittier CollegeWhittier, California34$20,6601 year out—$24,937 40Touro UniversityNew York, New York32$40,1111 year out$47,825$33,937 41Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio31—1 year out——42Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma29$34,9551 year out$44,047$23,573 43University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina28$32,6821 year out$38,994$37,500 44University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida27$37,5011 year out$46,751$22,916 45University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida26$34,2091 year out—$26,800 46California State University-FullertonFullerton, California25—1 year out——47Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho24$36,2981 year out$46,338$25,000 48Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky24$38,6591 year out$46,608—49Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, New York24—1 year out——50Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota23$41,9541 year out$50,858$31,000 51University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas23$45,6871 year out$48,194$20,429 52Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York22—1 year out——53California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California21$39,0611 year out$57,162$16,194 54University of North TexasDenton, Texas20$34,6791 year out$57,259$22,625 55Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia20—1 year out$45,612$25,000 56California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California19$18,8931 year out$52,724—57University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada19—1 year out$58,005—58University of California-IrvineIrvine, California18$34,8711 year out—$16,338 59University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California18$33,7891 year out$59,488—60Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa18$56,2211 year out$43,032$25,805 61The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas18$47,2481 year out$52,615$20,238 62North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois17—1 year out——63University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri17—1 year out——64Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia17$41,9881 year out$52,576$23,250 65San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California16—1 year out——66CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York16—1 year out——67University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——68Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina16$23,7971 year out$43,075$26,955 69Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana15$37,4721 year out$41,397$47,000 70Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York15—1 year out$60,794$26,593 71Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon15$35,5901 year out——72Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon15$34,2451 year out$55,823$25,000 73University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin15$27,8731 year out—$24,750 74Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida14$31,2041 year out—$31,000 75Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland14—1 year out——76Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri14$37,1931 year out—$34,390 77St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York14$34,4881 year out$54,244$24,500 78University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, Alaska13—1 year out——79University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas13—1 year out——80Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois13—1 year out——81The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona13$45,5881 year out$42,146$41,281 82Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland13$37,9341 year out—$20,000 83University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota13$34,4901 year out—$27,431 84University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, South Dakota13—1 year out—$25,028 85University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin13$42,3571 year out——86Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island12—1 year out——87West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, West Virginia12—1 year out——88Holy Apostles College and SeminaryCromwell, Connecticut11—1 year out——89Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada11—1 year out——90Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama10—1 year out——91Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia10—1 year out——92Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island10—1 year out——93Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina10$23,0951 year out$33,333$38,198 94Bennington CollegeBennington, Vermont10—1 year out——95Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia10—1 year out——96University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin10—1 year out——97Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona9—1 year out$54,668—98Hope International UniversityFullerton, California9—1 year out——99Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado9—1 year out——100Trinity Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia9—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 125 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California937$22,9471 year out$39,615$5,500 2Sierra CollegeRocklin, California537$30,1031 year out—$7,834 3College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California493—1 year out——4Yuba CollegeMarysville, California472—1 year out$43,112—5Ohlone CollegeFremont, California454$22,5451 year out—$5,500 6Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California411—1 year out——7American River CollegeSacramento, California397—1 year out$52,793—8Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California358$27,6911 year out$43,634—9Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia351$23,6371 year out$48,149$10,500 10Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California332$24,0521 year out$42,711$12,711 11Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey321$26,2311 year out$39,418$9,500 12Butte CollegeOroville, California316$26,4821 year out$39,587$9,036 13Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California306—1 year out$45,149—14J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia298$18,1641 year out$39,391$12,500 15Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California279—1 year out$38,312—16Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California251—1 year out——17Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma243$34,2031 year out$37,462$12,625 18Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia202$29,4251 year out$36,694$11,000 19Merced CollegeMerced, California188$34,1681 year out$34,085$7,843 20College of San MateoSan Mateo, California154—1 year out$47,134—21Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California148—1 year out——22Porterville CollegePorterville, California142—1 year out——23Laney CollegeOakland, California139—1 year out$46,766—24De Anza CollegeCupertino, California136—1 year out——25Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia125$25,4781 year out$36,485$10,500 26Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, California114—1 year out——27Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California107—1 year out$31,267—28Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California96$20,0841 year out$56,787$6,625 29Frederick Community CollegeFrederick, Maryland87$32,7491 year out—$10,848 30San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California85—1 year out——31Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa, Oklahoma83—1 year out——32Fresno City CollegeFresno, California81—1 year out$21,600—33Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey81$22,0531 year out$36,237$5,851 34Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona79—1 year out$39,790—35Crafton Hills CollegeYucaipa, California78—1 year out$41,230—36Merritt CollegeOakland, California76—1 year out$47,026—37Shasta CollegeRedding, California72—1 year out——38Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York62—1 year out——39Citrus CollegeGlendora, California55—1 year out$34,810—40Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia53$19,2201 year out$35,551$9,128 41Lake Tahoe Community CollegeSouth Lake Tahoe, California51—1 year out——42College of the SiskiyousWeed, California49—1 year out——43Barstow Community CollegeBarstow, California43$22,3981 year out$24,659$5,588 44Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California39—1 year out——45Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania37$27,6001 year out$40,791$23,500 46Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas32—1 year out——47Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California25—1 year out——48Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas25—1 year out——49Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma24—1 year out——50Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California22—1 year out——51Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts22—1 year out——52Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California20—1 year out——53Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts20—1 year out—$8,825 54Mohave Community CollegeKingman, Arizona18—1 year out——55Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona17—1 year out——56Reedley CollegeReedley, California17—1 year out——57Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey16—1 year out——58Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania13—1 year out$33,998—59Blinn College DistrictBrenham, Texas13—1 year out——60Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, New York12—1 year out——61University of Puerto Rico-UtuadoUtuado, Puerto Rico12—1 year out——62South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas12—1 year out$36,454—63East Georgia State CollegeSwainsboro, Georgia11—1 year out——64Life UniversityMarietta, Georgia11—1 year out——65Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas10—1 year out——66Madera Community CollegeMadera, California10—1 year out——67Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California9—1 year out——68Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi9—1 year out——69Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico9—1 year out——70Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington, Wyoming9—1 year out——71Roxbury Community CollegeRoxbury Crossing, Massachusetts8$37,9411 year out——72Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan8—1 year out——73Reading Area Community CollegeReading, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——74Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming8—1 year out——75Dine CollegeTsaile, Arizona7—1 year out$33,896—76Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——77Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——78Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah7—1 year out——79Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan6—1 year out——80Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma6—1 year out——81Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas6—1 year out——82Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton, Wyoming6—1 year out——83University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana5—1 year out——84Rockland Community CollegeSuffern, New York5—1 year out——85Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami, Oklahoma5—1 year out——86Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho4—1 year out——87Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead, Mississippi4—1 year out——88Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada4—1 year out——89CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York4—1 year out——90Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York4—1 year out——91Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——92Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas4—1 year out——93Texarkana CollegeTexarkana, Texas4—1 year out——94Bay Mills Community CollegeBrimley, Michigan4—1 year out——95Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California3—1 year out——96Chabot CollegeHayward, California3—1 year out——97Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California3—1 year out——98Western Nebraska Community CollegeScottsbluff, Nebraska3—1 year out——99Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma3—1 year out——100Seminole State CollegeSeminole, Oklahoma3—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 19 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky15—1 year out——2Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah10—1 year out——3University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts9—1 year out——4University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio9—1 year out——5Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona7—1 year out——6Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California5—1 year out——7Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia5—1 year out——8University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska3—1 year out——9University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio3—1 year out——10University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama2—1 year out——11Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma2—1 year out——12Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——13University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah2—1 year out——14Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana2—1 year out——15University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona1—1 year out——16College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois1—1 year out——17University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland1—1 year out——18Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri1—1 year out——19Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).