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

Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-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 77 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York$107,05179%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 2Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$90,2036%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 3University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$82,65539%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 4Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$76,2934%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 5New York UniversityNew York, New York$74,0029%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 6University of BridgeportBridgeport, Connecticut$66,99183%—$28k$50k41%1,534< 1 mi 7University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California$65,739——$33k$66k43%4,4915 mi 8Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina$64,27387%—$25k$55k61%2,68086 mi 9University of OregonEugene, Oregon$63,90788%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 10California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$63,81495%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 11Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$62,477———$69k—6,70720 mi 12Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York$60,79466%1219$31k$75k67%5,2766 mi 13Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington$60,50891%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 14Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$59,85224%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 15University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$59,48810%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 16Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$59,44287%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 17University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$58,00596%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 18Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$57,88285%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 19Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$57,763100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 20University of North TexasDenton, Texas$57,25972%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 21California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$57,16294%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 22University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$56,92774%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 23St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, New York$56,91893%1000$20k$63k54%9721 mi 24Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon$55,82398%—$17k$52k47%3,10338 mi 25Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, New Jersey$55,77471%1260$25k$54k57%1,57512 mi 26Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$54,66890%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 27St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York$54,24472%1190$19k$64k69%3,1441 mi 28Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado$53,77698%—$17k$77k—6,563745 mi 29Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, New York$53,76763%—$42k$61k53%1,1052 mi 30University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland$53,628——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 31Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama$52,91796%1088$17k$42k50%9,80591 mi 32California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$52,72494%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 33The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$52,61594%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 34Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia$52,57699%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 35California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$52,53797%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 36Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$52,10688%1249$29k$64k71%1,871127 mi 37California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$51,95898%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 38Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$51,89366%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 39Rockford UniversityRockford, Illinois$51,79393%956$22k$55k47%97261 mi 40Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$50,85899%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 41California State University-ChicoChico, California$50,54593%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 42University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming$50,33397%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 43Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan$50,16083%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi 44Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas$50,04682%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi 45University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$49,86686%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 46Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$49,35591%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 47Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$49,09091%—$21k$55k50%6,2953 mi 48University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$48,19490%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 49Touro UniversityNew York, New York$47,82561%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 50University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan$47,04956%1115$9k$60k58%5,9526 mi 51Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania$46,85591%1210$21k$54k54%6,18051 mi 52University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$46,75158%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 53Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky$46,60894%971$11k$44k56%12,155324 mi 54Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho$46,33887%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 55Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska$46,300——$18k$61k33%10,220425 mi 56University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$45,75343%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 57Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia$45,61290%1060$15k$54k49%6,038180 mi 58University of Maine at Fort KentFort Kent, Maine$45,37898%—$7k$51k39%59960 mi 59Misericordia UniversityDallas, Pennsylvania$44,14271%—$37k$64k72%1,672103 mi 60Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$44,05586%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 61Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma$44,047——$15k$43k29%2,657450 mi 62University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,16158%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 63University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania$43,16195%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 64University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania$43,16195%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 65Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina$43,07596%1059$22k$46k47%2,89312 mi 66Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa$43,03296%1090$21k$53k34%1,994198 mi 67The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona$42,146——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 68Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, North Carolina$42,09169%—$14k$38k30%60322 mi 69University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii$41,67695%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 70Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$41,39714%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 71Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$40,09894%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 72University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina$38,99473%—$15k$48k34%2,05210 mi 73Belhaven UniversityJackson, Mississippi$37,91050%1124$16k$46k49%1,471133 mi 74Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio$37,841——$14k$40k48%2,247186 mi 75Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina$33,33373%—$11k$30k13%576101 mi 76San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$31,86636%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 77University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$25,57057%—$18k$49k49%9,5391 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.