Social Sciences, Other
158 colleges offer Social Sciences, Other in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $29,081, from $15,944 at the lowest program to $38,941 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $32,441 on average, from $22,947 at the lowest program to $55,102 at the highest.
Is a Social Sciences, Other degree worth it?
Across 34 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $31,812 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $27,281 and $35,107. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $32,678. Debt is 1.03x first-year earnings, which ranks 110th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 158
- Average Debt on Graduation: $29,081
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $32,441
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Manchester Metropolitan University (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Macquarie University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| King's College London | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bar-Ilan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| McGill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Universidad del Sagrado Corazon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Puerto Rico-Humacao | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Mary University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Whitman College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Randolph-Macon College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mary Baldwin University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Castleton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Jarvis Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Huston-Tillotson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia University Texas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carson-Newman University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhode Island College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brown University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ursinus College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Swarthmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Aloysius College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marywood University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mansfield University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $27,290 | No data | No data |
| Keystone College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gettysburg College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Clarion University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wilmington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cleveland State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Akron Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Warren Wilson College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St. Andrews University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Vassar College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Touro University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Skidmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pace University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nazareth University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Long Island University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Keuka College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hilbert College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fordham University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Queens College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elmira College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New Mexico Highlands University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Monmouth University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Felician University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Plymouth State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colby-Sawyer College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Union Adventist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Evangel University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hamline University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carleton College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Spring Arbor University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Williams College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northeastern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Holyoke College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Clark University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Curry College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bowie State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Presque Isle | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Transylvania University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wartburg College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Morningside University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dordt University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oakland City University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Notre Dame | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Butler University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwestern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Central College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lewis-Clark State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The College of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agnes Scott College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of West Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of the District of Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Denver | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pitzer College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of La Verne | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-San Diego | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Davis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ouachita Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lyon College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Prescott College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northern Arizona University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Birmingham-Southern College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY at Purchase College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,947 |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,434 |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,299 |
| Lafayette College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,006 |
| Knox College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,275 |
| Glenville State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,573 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,153 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,153 |
| Eastern Oregon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,260 |
| Kalamazoo College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,345 |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,983 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,052 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,794 |
| Lake Forest College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,103 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,667 |
| University of Southern Maine | Bachelor's Degree | $15,944 | No data | $31,702 |
| University of California-Riverside | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,712 |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,911 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,911 |
| Central Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | $33,917 | $32,678 | $32,349 |
| St Lawrence University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,938 |
| University of Rhode Island | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,460 |
| Benedictine University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,580 |
| University of Rochester | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,895 |
| Towson University | Bachelor's Degree | $36,564 | $25,077 | $35,059 |
| Russell Sage College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,123 |
| Loyola University Maryland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $74,325 | $35,867 |
| New York University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $71,000 | $37,265 |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,626 |
| SUNY Old Westbury | Bachelor's Degree | $21,831 | No data | $38,225 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,085 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,253 |
| Boston University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,872 |
| University of California-Berkeley | Bachelor's Degree | $38,941 | $30,533 | $55,102 |
| Goldsmiths College - University of London | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Edinburgh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Vermont State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Malone University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY Brockport | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dartmouth College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Midland University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Madonna University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ferris State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dominican University of California | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |