Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Social Sciences, General programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 78 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia$61,61269%1271$24k$58k70%4,500157 mi 2Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$61,3896%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 3University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$57,53839%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 4Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$56,5404%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 5Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa$56,22196%1090$21k$53k34%1,994198 mi 6Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina$50,65387%—$25k$55k61%2,68086 mi 7University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland$50,557——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 8New York UniversityNew York, New York$49,0169%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 9The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$47,24894%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 10Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado$46,38498%—$17k$77k—6,563745 mi 11Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$46,20685%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 12University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$45,68790%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 13The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona$45,588——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 14Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$44,773———$69k—6,70720 mi 15University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,43158%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 16University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania$43,43195%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 17University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania$43,43195%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 18Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan$43,21783%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi 19Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$43,06987%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 20Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey$43,04771%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 21Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$42,932100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 22University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin$42,35782%1150$14k$54k57%4,205131 mi 23Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington$42,33291%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 24Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia$41,98899%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 25Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$41,95499%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 26Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, Oregon$41,83589%—$17k$49k43%2,75179 mi 27Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York$41,06279%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 28Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas$40,79382%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi 29Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$40,58461%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 30Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$40,58491%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 31Touro UniversityNew York, New York$40,11161%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 32California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$39,14998%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 33California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$39,06194%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 34Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, North Carolina$38,69369%—$14k$38k30%60322 mi 35Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky$38,65994%971$11k$44k56%12,155324 mi 36University of OregonEugene, Oregon$38,14788%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 37Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$37,93482%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 38University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$37,50158%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 39Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$37,47214%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 40California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$37,44695%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 41Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska$37,335——$18k$61k33%10,220425 mi 42Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri$37,19374%950$16k$44k58%6,373320 mi 43Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$36,72686%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 44Belhaven UniversityJackson, Mississippi$36,56850%1124$16k$46k49%1,471133 mi 45Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama$36,54796%1088$17k$42k50%9,80591 mi 46California State University-ChicoChico, California$36,38293%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 47Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho$36,29887%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 48North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina$35,97887%1050$15k$43k42%6,081108 mi 49Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon$35,59077%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 50Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon$35,59063%1255$18k$64k56%1,044135 mi 51University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$35,36386%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 52Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$35,09391%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 53Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma$34,955——$15k$43k29%2,657450 mi 54University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$34,87129%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 55University of North TexasDenton, Texas$34,67972%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 56California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$34,67897%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 57University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota$34,49077%—$19k$64k60%9,981245 mi 58St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York$34,48872%1190$19k$64k69%3,1441 mi 59University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$34,42743%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 60University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii$34,38895%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 61Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon$34,24598%—$17k$52k47%3,10338 mi 62University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$34,20940%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 63Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas$33,81293%955$11k$54k40%6,599114 mi 64University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$33,78910%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 65Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$33,23524%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 66Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$32,95894%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 67University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina$32,68273%—$15k$48k34%2,05210 mi 68University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming$32,35197%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 69Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida$31,20457%1205$25k$68k51%2,93012 mi 70University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$28,84474%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 71Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, New York$28,35163%—$42k$61k53%1,1052 mi 72University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin$27,87388%1150$17k$58k55%5,842126 mi 73Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina$23,79796%1059$22k$46k47%2,89312 mi 74San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$23,70436%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 75Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, New York$23,30252%1380$35k$47k68%2,41449 mi 76Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina$23,09573%—$11k$30k13%576101 mi 77Whittier CollegeWhittier, California$20,66081%—$26k$59k60%76417 mi 78California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$18,89394%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.