Bachelor's+11% vs national median6,816 grads tracked
Social Sciences at CUNY Queens College
Ranked 51st of 387 bachelor's programs in Social Sciences by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$43,865
middle 50%: $29,952 – $61,986
Median · 5 years out
$66,596
middle 50%: $47,016 – $89,001
Median · 10 years out
$85,316
middle 50%: $57,980 – $115,775
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Social Sciences (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
CUNY Queens College social science majors earn $44k in their first year. Salaries increase to $67k at year five and $85k at year ten.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.4 yrs
≈ $7,423 total interest
Same major at other universities
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$67,633 · 5 yrs out
Shenandoah University
$67,570 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Dallas
$67,561 · 5 yrs out
Empire State University
$67,290 · 5 yrs out
University of Wisconsin - Madison
$67,041 · 5 yrs out
Miami University
$66,986 · 5 yrs out
Clark Atlanta University
$66,474 · 5 yrs out
James Madison University
$66,133 · 5 yrs out
Indiana Wesleyan University
$65,986 · 5 yrs out
University of Utah
$65,929 · 5 yrs out
University of Houston
$65,767 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
$65,748 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at CUNY Queens College
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$106,654 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$101,982 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$98,849 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$96,689 · 5 yrs out
Physics (Bachelor's)
$91,987 · 5 yrs out
English Language and Literature/Letters (Master's)
$91,851 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$91,355 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$86,622 · 5 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)
$86,367 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out