Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual 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 59 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee0.12×6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 2California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California0.21×97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 3Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York0.24×79%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 4University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington0.25×39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 5Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts0.26×4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 6California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California0.28×94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 7California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California0.29×95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 8California State University-StanislausTurlock, California0.30×98%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 9California State University-ChicoChico, California0.33×93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 10Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey0.34×———$69k—6,70720 mi 11University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico0.35×57%—$18k$49k49%9,5391 mi 12University of OregonEugene, Oregon0.36×88%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 13New York UniversityNew York, New York0.36×9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 14University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York0.37×74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 15The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas0.38×94%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 16Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida0.39×24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 17University of North TexasDenton, Texas0.40×72%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 18University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming0.42×97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 19University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas0.42×90%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 20Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington0.43×87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 21Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington0.43×91%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 22Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York0.44×66%1219$31k$75k67%5,2766 mi 23University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland0.44×——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 24Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia0.44×99%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 25Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon0.45×98%—$17k$52k47%3,10338 mi 26University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah0.45×86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 27St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York0.45×72%1190$19k$64k69%3,1441 mi 28University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii0.48×95%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 29University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida0.49×58%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 30Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, New York0.50×63%—$42k$61k53%1,1052 mi 31Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan0.50×85%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 32University of South FloridaTampa, Florida0.53×43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 33Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama0.53×96%1088$17k$42k50%9,80591 mi 34Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma0.54×——$15k$43k29%2,657450 mi 35Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho0.54×87%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 36Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan0.55×83%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi 37Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia0.55×90%1060$15k$54k49%6,038180 mi 38Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas0.55×82%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi 39Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa0.60×96%1090$21k$53k34%1,994198 mi 40Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota0.61×99%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 41Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire0.61×100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 42Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York0.61×86%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 43University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.63×58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 44University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania0.63×95%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 45University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania0.63×95%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 46Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina0.63×96%1059$22k$46k47%2,89312 mi 47Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon0.63×91%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 48San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California0.66×36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 49Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, North Carolina0.69×69%—$14k$38k30%60322 mi 50Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado0.70×98%—$17k$77k—6,563745 mi 51Touro UniversityNew York, New York0.71×61%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 52Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska0.75×——$18k$61k33%10,220425 mi 53Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania0.77×94%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 54University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan0.83×56%1115$9k$60k58%5,9526 mi 55University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina0.96×73%—$15k$48k34%2,05210 mi 56The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona0.98×——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 57Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana1.14×14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 58Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina1.15×73%—$11k$30k13%576101 mi 59Belhaven UniversityJackson, Mississippi1.22×50%1124$16k$46k49%1,471133 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.