Sociology

973
Schools
Bachelor's
Credential Level
$54,760
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$50,008
25th %ile
$51,084
Median
$52,894
75th %ile
$56,032
Max
$71,802
$50,008 $71,802

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Dartmouth College NH 35 $71,802 $19,250
University of Notre Dame IN 35 $71,102 $19,800
Boston College MA 45 $70,722 $18,500
Barnard College NY 27 $68,952 $14,899
Villanova University PA 11 $68,680
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA 69 $67,872 $16,500
Columbia University in the City of New York NY 51 $66,948 $27,000
American University DC 15 $65,245
University of California-Berkeley CA 310 $64,119 $13,000
University of Dubuque IA 9 $63,868
Santa Clara University CA 30 $62,009
San Jose State University CA 190 $61,967
New York University NY 53 $61,935 $18,875
University of San Francisco CA 55 $61,096 $24,125
Manhattanville University NY 19 $60,202 $26,000
Bradley University IL 11 $59,875
Providence College RI 23 $58,988 $27,000
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 168 $58,517 $18,181
Fordham University NY 46 $57,799 $25,495
Wake Forest University NC 51 $57,671 $23,000
Mount Saint Mary's University CA 18 $57,398 $28,915
College of the Holy Cross MA 31 $57,078 $26,449
University of Southern California CA 62 $57,043 $9,625
Harvard University MA 56 $56,641
Emory University GA 48 $56,032 $20,500
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA 86 $56,011 $19,239
Boston University MA 47 $55,876 $26,375
Tufts University MA 41 $55,693 $15,000
Franklin and Marshall College PA 25 $54,897 $19,000
University of Delaware DE 32 $54,885 $23,197
Sonoma State University CA 132 $54,677 $17,000
Connecticut College CT 29 $54,667 $20,670
The College of New Jersey NJ 16 $54,599 $24,208
University of California-Los Angeles CA 787 $54,562 $14,453
Bucknell University PA 21 $54,448
The Catholic University of America DC 5 $53,818
Loyola Marymount University CA 49 $53,785 $17,750
Michigan State University MI 91 $53,766 $25,845
Tulane University of Louisiana LA 60 $53,737 $12,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA 110 $53,721 $21,500
Duke University NC 45 $53,607
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania PA 29 $53,597 $25,625
San Francisco State University CA 114 $53,446 $15,000
McDaniel College MD 20 $53,319 $25,000
University of Maryland-College Park MD 79 $53,258 $18,800
The University of Texas at Austin TX 150 $53,118 $21,500
Bowie State University MD 53 $53,090 $22,578
Georgetown University DC 34 $52,967 $13,266
Syracuse University NY 53 $52,918 $24,500
Hofstra University NY 22 $52,894 $26,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 97 $52,892 $17,212
CUNY Hunter College NY 217 $52,572 $10,245
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO 16 $52,565 $19,406
Curry College MA 11 $52,507
University of California-San Diego CA 121 $52,444 $13,000
Middlebury College VT 30 $52,425
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 139 $52,288 $18,419
Suffolk University MA 66 $52,264 $27,000
Westfield State University MA 9 $52,232
University of Kansas KS 28 $52,185 $22,251
Westminster College PA 9 $52,150
Auburn University AL 28 $51,971 $19,500
California State University-East Bay CA 235 $51,950 $17,757
Frostburg State University MD 24 $51,888 $25,000
Capital University OH 6 $51,861
St. Mary's College of Maryland MD 12 $51,806
The University of Texas at Arlington TX 36 $51,739 $23,000
Loyola University Chicago IL 43 $51,590 $20,500
Texas Lutheran University TX 10 $51,559
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 93 $51,279 $14,050
St. John's University-New York NY 19 $51,258 $27,000
University of Colorado Boulder CO 189 $51,246 $16,000
Wagner College NY 16 $51,246
Stony Brook University NY 135 $51,165 $17,250
Shepherd University WV 13 $51,084 $18,500
University of San Diego CA 37 $51,065 $25,000
Iowa State University IA 45 $50,992 $19,876
Smith College MA 33 $50,843 $19,000
DePaul University IL 41 $50,794 $23,166
California State University-Sacramento CA 224 $50,786 $14,975
William & Mary VA 31 $50,750 $14,000
Seton Hall University NJ 9 $50,726
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 48 $50,722 $15,606
University of California-Santa Barbara CA 713 $50,703 $13,500
State University of New York at Cortland NY 48 $50,654 $20,500
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN 84 $50,586 $18,750
University of Rhode Island RI 19 $50,579 $23,250
University of California-Davis CA 275 $50,561 $12,600
George Washington University DC 30 $50,452
Drew University NJ 11 $50,410 $27,000
Pacific Lutheran University WA 28 $50,401 $20,825
Grinnell College IA 23 $50,389 $16,000
Biola University CA 33 $50,380 $25,000
University of Mary Washington VA 46 $50,374 $22,212
Hope College MI 25 $50,294 $24,493
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH 54 $50,160 $27,000
CUNY Queens College NY 205 $50,156 $12,397
Trinity College CT 14 $50,077
Brandeis University MA 30 $50,018 $27,000
Albright College PA 16 $50,008 $25,000

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.