Bachelor's Sociology Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Sociology 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 Sociology programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 473 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$93,0174%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 2Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$89,9474%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 3University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$88,79211%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 4Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$83,45916%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 5Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania$81,08827%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 6University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$78,07011%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 7Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California$77,83348%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 8California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$75,58531%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 9Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$75,0869%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 10Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$75,0206%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 11Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$74,3675%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 12San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California$73,77185%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 13New York UniversityNew York, New York$73,0869%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 14Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York$72,35846%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 15Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$71,73611%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 16DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana$71,58157%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 17Chapman UniversityOrange, California$70,11865%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 18Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California$70,00487%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 19Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$69,63614%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 20University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$68,8155%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 21Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$68,7378%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 22College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts$68,34018%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 23University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$68,31617%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 24The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey$67,73262%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 25University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$67,39139%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 26University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$67,12810%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 27University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida$67,03419%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 28Fordham UniversityBronx, New York$66,65859%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 29Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$66,38051%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 30The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, District of Columbia$66,32483%—$30k$73k79%3,1544 mi 31Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania$66,04129%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 32University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$65,80922%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 33Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California$65,66945%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 34Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$65,6559%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 35Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$65,35411%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 36William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia$65,24234%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 37University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$64,92316%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 38Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$64,69911%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 39University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$64,6779%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 40George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$64,51347%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 41Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$64,51068%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 42Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New York$64,19988%1243$28k$74k65%1,6511 mi 43Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$63,54949%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 44Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$63,06641%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 45American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$62,95462%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 46University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island$62,93672%1160$21k$70k73%13,3815 mi 47Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut$62,89672%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 48Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California$62,89244%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 49East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania$62,72692%1084$18k$56k43%4,81456 mi 50Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$62,65293%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 51Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina$62,34022%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 52University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$62,27972%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 53Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguin, Texas$62,24596%—$25k$54k54%1,30499 mi 54Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York$61,90668%1319$34k$69k69%6,4886 mi 55Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois$61,83082%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 56Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas$61,78544%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 57Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois$61,57177%—$23k$67k76%3,574130 mi 58University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$61,54842%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 59Mount Saint Mary's UniversityLos Angeles, California$61,46373%—$21k$72k53%1,7195 mi 60San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$61,39996%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 61Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey$61,12473%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 62CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$61,05054%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 63California State University-East BayHayward, California$61,00197%—$9k$71k48%9,8096 mi 64Whittier CollegeWhittier, California$60,98081%—$26k$59k60%76417 mi 65University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut$60,96252%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 66University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut$60,96283%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 67University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut$60,96288%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 68University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut$60,96287%1060$11k$74k53%73319 mi 69University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut$60,96288%1090$14k$74k62%4541 mi 70Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts$60,84466%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 71Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$60,82885%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 72University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$60,76645%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 73University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California$60,74762%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 74Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut$60,68937%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 75University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$60,64245%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 76The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$60,61827%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 77University of DelawareNewark, Delaware$60,43571%1292$18k$73k81%19,0718 mi 78University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$60,39993%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi 79University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$60,23727%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 80CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$59,74364%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 81University of San DiegoSan Diego, California$59,68152%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 82University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$59,67078%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 83Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland$59,64189%—$17k$55k50%2,909112 mi 84Manhattanville UniversityPurchase, New York$59,62787%—$21k$59k58%1,3624 mi 85Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$59,6035%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 86Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts$59,603———$93k—1,8022 mi 87State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York$59,57160%—$22k$60k68%5,90158 mi 88Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio$59,53170%1068$23k$54k60%1,585102 mi 89St. Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's City, Maryland$59,32069%1261$18k$60k70%1,603< 1 mi 90University of California-DavisDavis, California$59,31942%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 91University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California$59,18333%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 92Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey$59,06083%—$21k$54k56%91036 mi 93California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California$58,85995%—$10k$62k51%5,0135 mi 94Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington$58,69878%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 95Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia$58,41886%1180$23k$61k72%4,3651 mi 96Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington$58,41582%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 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.