WhatGradsMake

What Social Sciences, General grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $54,536 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1DePaul UniversityIL$49,269$69,536$76,015+28%
2State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$39,793$68,821$77,430+26%
3Empire State UniversityNY$54,379$67,290$77,901+23%
4University of OregonOR$40,342$64,378$61,827+18%
5Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$69,154$63,451$86,367+16%
6Colorado State University - Global CampusCO$53,167$63,097$69,154+16%
7University of Akron (The)OH$40,342$62,818+15%
8University of BridgeportCT$35,184$62,818+15%
9University of UtahUT$41,695$62,113$83,557+14%
10Illinois State UniversityIL$41,964$61,951$71,576+14%
11James Madison UniversityVA$34,460$61,066$74,745+12%
12University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$51,028$60,774$66,158+11%
13West Texas A&M UniversityTX$46,994$60,442$72,322+11%
14University of North TexasTX$39,793$59,747$67,072+10%
15Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$42,146$59,105+8%
16Western Connecticut State UniversityCT$36,491$58,734$94,869+8%
17University of MichiganMI$41,695$58,197$81,403+7%
18Sul Ross State UniversityTX$38,592$57,042$64,297+5%
19State University of New York at BuffaloNY$34,147$56,754$71,536+4%
20Saint John's UniversityMN$42,746$56,688$77,631+4%
21Providence CollegeRI$39,731$56,563$82,300+4%
22Arizona State UniversityAZ$39,333$56,378$61,036+3%
23University of Houston - DowntownTX$44,707$56,045$69,710+3%
24University of North GeorgiaGA$35,474$55,464$65,743+2%
25University of Wisconsin - WhitewaterWI$36,458$55,261$62,446+1%
26Berry CollegeGA$28,507$54,993$57,372+1%
27Southern Oregon UniversityOR$41,444$54,728$65,1940%
28University of Wisconsin - River FallsWI$36,931$54,585$70,4890%
29Eastern Mennonite UniversityVA$36,491$54,563$61,8270%
30Portland State UniversityOR$38,655$54,536$65,9070%
31University of Wisconsin - SuperiorWI$27,092$54,227$63,769-1%
32University of WyomingWY$41,920$53,926$61,498-1%
33Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$26,134$53,696$57,471-2%
34University of Southern IndianaIN$37,018$53,673$60,590-2%
35Black Hills State UniversitySD$35,024$53,506$57,867-2%
36Ball State UniversityIN$38,297$53,477$61,979-2%
37College of Saint ScholasticaMN$41,501$53,421$62,393-2%
38Bethel UniversityMN$42,146$53,397$54,051-2%
39University of Minnesota MorrisMN$43,047$53,243$61,332-2%
40University of Wisconsin - StoutWI$33,582$52,839-3%
41Metropolitan State UniversityMN$41,127$52,401$69,466-4%
42Albertus Magnus CollegeCT$57,208$51,537$68,450-5%
43Radford UniversityVA$35,738$51,466$60,404-6%
44University of CincinnatiOH$41,871$50,919$52,232-7%
45Liberty UniversityVA$38,279$50,752$64,175-7%
46University of Northern ColoradoCO$37,140$50,692$63,270-7%
47Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVA$40,622$50,566$61,944-7%
48Western Oregon UniversityOR$34,993$50,381$65,669-8%
49Northern State UniversitySD$27,670$50,170$56,877-8%
50University of Wisconsin - Stevens PointWI$33,057$50,103$62,911-8%
51Colorado State University-PuebloCO$38,026$50,091$59,187-8%
52Cleveland State UniversityOH$35,573$50,070$68,002-8%
53University of Hawaii - West OahuHI$37,321$50,050$61,749-8%
54University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleWI$32,429$50,007$58,100-8%
55Oregon State UniversityOR$40,729$47,574-13%
56Rogers State UniversityOK$37,693$47,392-13%
57North Carolina Central UniversityNC$38,938$47,335-13%
58University of Virginia's College at Wise (The)VA$31,791$46,879$54,102-14%
59Ferrum CollegeVA$35,452$45,751$70,870-16%
60Randolph CollegeVA$31,171$45,451$62,818-17%
61Shawnee State UniversityOH$32,600$45,157$56,487-17%
62Charleston Southern UniversitySC$35,030$45,030$56,877-17%
63National Louis UniversityIL$43,347$44,978$58,363-18%
64University of South Carolina BeaufortSC$35,096$44,240$50,725-19%
65University of Maine - AugustaME$36,368$43,155$46,142-21%
66Bluefield State UniversityWV$30,465$42,838$45,494-21%
67Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO$36,444$42,371-22%
68Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$32,883$42,033$54,051-23%
69Bemidji State UniversityMN$44,849$40,342-26%
70Allen UniversitySC$29,512$38,431$47,392-30%
71CUNY Graduate School & University CenterNY$60,272
72Columbia CollegeSC$43,047
73University of Texas at TylerTX$34,002

Associate

national median $42,936 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$33,452$55,108$65,373+28%
2Western Wyoming Community CollegeWY$36,215$50,050+17%
3Lee CollegeTX$31,002$49,399$60,837+15%
4Blinn CollegeTX$32,082$48,627$61,062+13%
5Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$29,978$48,499$68,077+13%
6Amarillo CollegeTX$37,592$45,751+7%
7University of Southern IndianaIN$34,252$45,751+7%
8Laramie County Community CollegeWY$32,557$45,075+5%
9Central Texas College DistrictTX$27,419$43,722$59,105+2%
10Tulsa Community CollegeOK$31,827$43,523+1%
11J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeVA$31,024$43,361$53,735+1%
12Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictWY$32,687$43,047$51,2230%
13Western Texas CollegeTX$29,458$43,047$51,7890%
14Virginia Western Community CollegeVA$26,635$42,936$50,7570%
15Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeVA$27,984$42,575$52,265-1%
16University of CincinnatiOH$28,722$42,325$46,663-1%
17South Texas CollegeTX$26,644$42,309$55,973-1%
18Northern Oklahoma CollegeOK$27,023$41,477-3%
19Tidewater Community CollegeVA$28,663$41,381$53,947-4%
20Shawnee State UniversityOH$33,372$40,342-6%
21Linn-Benton Community CollegeOR$29,704$40,342-6%
22Terra State Community CollegeOH$27,237$35,757$42,555-17%
23Roxbury Community CollegeMA$39,655
24Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeMA$35,872
25Massasoit Community CollegeMA$30,523
26Erie Community CollegeNY$29,557

Certificate (1-2 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of CincinnatiOH$45,210$51,789$57,372

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$56,877$76,359
2Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$61,332