Sociology and Anthropology
548 students earn a sociology and anthropology credential each year across 50 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
- $29,054
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $53,357
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Bachelor's programs — 49 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania20$43,3211 year out—$17,5492University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts14$34,3881 year out—$27,0003College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York84$34,1391 year out$42,385$15,1804Valdosta State UniversityValdosta, Georgia34$30,8021 year out$43,809$37,2495Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky15$29,0541 year out$60,664$27,0006Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, Oregon13$27,7021 year out—$20,0007Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois17$26,3501 year out—$27,0008Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon35$24,0981 year out—$19,0009Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio16$23,7521 year out$55,049$26,50010University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington17$19,4951 year out—$24,92411St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota24—1 year out$53,357$24,64412Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota23—1 year out——13Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina21—1 year out——14Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois17—1 year out——15Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois16—1 year out——16Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——17Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia16—1 year out——18High Point UniversityHigh Point, North Carolina14—1 year out——19Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, Vermont12—1 year out——20The College of IdahoCaldwell, Idaho11—1 year out——21Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut9—1 year out——22Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri9—1 year out——23Pace UniversityNew York, New York9—1 year out——24Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York9—1 year out——25Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——26Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——27Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island6—1 year out——28Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois5—1 year out——29Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan5—1 year out——30Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, Illinois4—1 year out——31Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan4—1 year out——32Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut3—1 year out——33Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia3—1 year out——34University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, Illinois3—1 year out——35Cornell CollegeMount Vernon, Iowa3—1 year out——36Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln, Nebraska3—1 year out——37Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire3—1 year out——38Rockford UniversityRockford, Illinois2—1 year out——39Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky2—1 year out——40Simon's Rock at Bard CollegeBarrytown, New York2—1 year out——41The University of OlivetOlivet, Michigan2—1 year out——42The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana2—1 year out——43Guilford CollegeGreensboro, North Carolina2—1 year out——44Piedmont UniversityDemorest, Georgia1—1 year out——45Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho1—1 year out——46Principia CollegeElsah, Illinois1—1 year out——47Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana1—1 year out——48Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, Kentucky1—1 year out——49Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——
Associate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
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 (—).